Definition of Tineola bisselliella

1. Noun. Moth that forms a web in which it lives.

Exact synonyms: Webbing Clothes Moth, Webbing Moth
Generic synonyms: Clothes Moth
Group relationships: Genus Tineola, Tineola

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tineola Bisselliella

Tin Man
Tin Pan Alley
Tinamidae
Tinamiformes
Tinbergen
Tinca
Tinca tinca
Tincy
Tindal
Tindale
Tindall
Tinea pellionella
Tineidae
Tineoidea
Tineola
Tineola bisselliella (current term)
Tingidae
Tinker
Tinker to Evans to Chance
Tinker to Evers to Chance
Tinkerbell
Tinkerbells
Tinos
Tinseltown
Tintoretto
Tipler cylinder
Tipler cylinders
Tipperary
Tippex

Literary usage of Tineola bisselliella

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

1. 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). ..."

2. Entomology in Outline: Compiled for the Use of County Horticultural by John Isaac (1906)
"It is in this family, too, that we find that greatest of all pests to the careful housewife, the clothes-moth (Tineola bisselliella) . ..."

3. The Budget Report of the State Board of Finance and Control to the General by Governor, Connecticut Board of Finance and Control, Connecticut, Board of Finance and Control (1906)
"... 213 Tineola bisselliella 256 Tobacco, bags and bagging flower heads 335 breeding experiments 331 Brewer hybrid 342 Cooley hybrid ^41 dust, ..."

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