casemaking clothes moth
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casemaking clothes moth — noun the larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins • Syn: ↑Tinea pellionella • Hypernyms: ↑clothes moth • Member Holonyms: ↑Tinea, ↑genus Tinea * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ … Useful english dictionary
clothes moth — noun any of several small yellowish or buff colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens • Hypernyms: ↑tineid, ↑tineid moth • Hyponyms: ↑casemaking clothes moth, ↑Tinea pellionella, ↑webbing clothes moth, ↑webbing moth, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
clothes moth — any of several small moths of the family Tineidae, the larvae of which feed on wool, fur, etc., esp. Tinea pellionella (casemaking clothes moth). [1745 55] * * * … Universalium
Clothing Moth — Carpet moth redirects here. This term is also used for several geometer moths of the subfamily Larentiinae called carpets . Taxobox name = Clothing Moth image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera… … Wikipedia
tineid moth — ▪ insect any of a group of moths (order Lepidoptera) that includes several economically important clothes moth species. Tineid moths generally have slender, elongated, fringed wings with a wingspan of 12 to 25 mm (1/2 to 1 inch) and dull,… … Universalium
Tinea pellionella — noun the larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins • Syn: ↑casemaking clothes moth • Hypernyms: ↑clothes moth • Member Holonyms: ↑Tinea, ↑genus Tinea … Useful english dictionary
genus Tinea — noun type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths • Syn: ↑Tinea • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Tineidae, ↑family Tineidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
white miller — noun 1. a. : casemaking clothes moth b. : a common American arctiid moth (Diacrisia virginica) that is pure white with a few small black spots compare woolly bear 2. : an artificial angling fly with white wings and hackle, white silk body, and… … Useful english dictionary
