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Definition of Clothes moth

1. Noun. Any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens.

Definition of Clothes moth

1. Noun. An insect of the family ''Tineidae'', feeding on textiles. ¹

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Literary usage of Clothes moth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Insect Architecture by James Rennie (1830)
"Clothes-Moth, and other Tent-making Caterpillars.—Leaf and Bark-Miners. THERE are at least five different species of moths similar in manners and economy, ..."

2. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"The moth flies at night and may frequently be seen in Fio. 230. Fio. 231. FIo. 230.—Adult of Case-making clothes moth (Tinea ..."

3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1907)
"In the drawing Fig. i is shown a clothes moth upon its back, with its four wings outspread, and three eggs adjacent to it. The picture is of course an ..."

4. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"Reference to the destructive habita of the clothes-moth is made in Job iv. ... For an interesting account of the habits and economy of the clothes-moth*, ..."

5. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"It is in this family, -too, that we find that greatest of all pests to the careful housewife, the clothes-moth (Tineola bisselliella). ..."

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