1) Closet pest
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(from the article `lepidopteran`) ...and other tineid moths)Approximately 3,000 species worldwide; small narrow-winged moths with rough, hairy heads; larvae often casemakers, feeding ... ...growth rates, and the shorter growing season of their food plants. The usual number of molts (ecdyses) is four or five, but some of the small leaf ....
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Clothes-moth is a general name for a great variety of small, so-called Tineine moths, the larvae of which feed mainly on dried animal substances, and are very destructive to woollen goods, furs etc.
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n] - any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens
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noun any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens
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Moth whose larvae feed on clothes, upholstery, and carpets. The adults are small golden or silvery moths. The natural habitat of the larvae is in the nests of animals, feeding on remains of hair and feathers, but they have adapted to human households and can cause considerable damage, for example, the common clothes moth
Tineola bisselliel...Found on
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any of several small moths of the family Tineidae, the larvae of which feed on wool, fur, etc., esp. Tinea pellionella
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