Definition of Tinea pellionella

1. Noun. The larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins.

Exact synonyms: Casemaking Clothes Moth
Generic synonyms: Clothes Moth
Group relationships: Genus Tinea, Tinea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinea Pellionella

Timucua
Timur
Timur Lenk
Tin Lizzie
Tin Man
Tin Pan Alley
Tinamidae
Tinamiformes
Tinbergen
Tinca
Tinca tinca
Tincy
Tindal
Tindale
Tindall
Tinea pellionella (current term)
Tineidae
Tineoidea
Tineola
Tineola bisselliella
Tingidae
Tinker
Tinker to Evans to Chance
Tinker to Evers to Chance
Tinkerbell
Tinkerbells
Tinos
Tinseltown
Tintoretto

Literary usage of Tinea pellionella

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

1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1881)
"His larva is that of a case- making species—Tinea pellionella, Linn., while his imago is ... Tinea pellionella, Linn., Sys- tema Natura, loth edition, p. ..."

2. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1890)
"The Clothes Moth Tinea pellionella, as well as tha other two species of Clothes ... Tinea pellionella, Linn., in the perfect state, is a small, gray moth, ..."

3. Practical Zoölogy: An Elementary Text-book Treating of the Structure, Life by Alvin Davison (1906)
"Larva of clothes moth (Tinea pellionella) half out of its case. ... The ordinary clothes moth (Tinea pellionella) may be distinguished from the above ..."

4. Report on Economic Zoology by Frederick Vincent Theobald (1903)
"The Case-making Clothes Moth, Tinea pellionella, L., is a small moth with wing expanse of nearly half an inch, the fore wings are yellowish-grey with three ..."

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