Clothes moth

Updated on Jan 25, 2024

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Clothes moth or clothing moth is the common name for several species of moth known to eat clothing and other man-made fabrics.

These include:

Niditinea fuscella, the brown-dotted clothes moth

Tinea pellionella, the case-bearing clothes moth

Tineola bisselliella, the common clothes moth or webbing clothes moth

Trichophaga tapetzella, the carpet moth or tapestry moth

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