clothes moth

/kloʊ(ð)z mɔθ/
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Other forms: clothes moths

Definitions of clothes moth
  1. noun
    any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens
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    types:
    Tinea pellionella, casemaking clothes moth
    the larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins
    Tineola bisselliella, webbing clothes moth, webbing moth
    moth that forms a web in which it lives
    type of:
    tineid, tineid moth
    small yellowish moths whose larvae feed on wool or fur
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