NOUN | animal | Tinea pellionella, casemaking clothes moth | the larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins / spins |
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Meaning | The larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins / spins. | |
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Synonym | casemaking clothes moth | |
Member of | Tinea, genus Tinea | type genus of the Tineidae |
Broader | clothes moth | Any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens |
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