webbing clothes moth

webbing clothes moth
a small brown moth, Tineola biselliella, the larva of which feeds on woolens and spins a web when feeding.

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  • webbing clothes moth — noun moth that forms a web in which it lives • Syn: ↑webbing moth, ↑Tineola bisselliella • Hypernyms: ↑clothes moth • Member Holonyms: ↑Tineola, ↑genus Tineola * * * …   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

  • webbing moth — noun moth that forms a web in which it lives • Syn: ↑webbing clothes moth, ↑Tineola bisselliella • Hypernyms: ↑clothes moth • Member Holonyms: ↑Tineola, ↑genus Tineola * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

  • hair moth — noun : a moth that destroys goods made of hair or fur; especially : webbing clothes moth …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Tineola — noun webbing clothes moths • Syn: ↑genus Tineola • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Tineidae, ↑family Tineidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tineola bisselliella — Clothing moth redirects here. This term may also refer to several other Tineidae. Tineola bisselliella Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

  • Tineola bisselliella — noun moth that forms a web in which it lives • Syn: ↑webbing clothes moth, ↑webbing moth • Hypernyms: ↑clothes moth • Member Holonyms: ↑Tineola, ↑genus Tineola …   Useful english dictionary

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