Definition of Casemaking clothes moth

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Casemaking Clothes Moth

caseic
casein
casein glue
casein hydrolysate
casein kinase
casein paint
caseinase
caseinate
caseinates
caseinogen
caseins
caseless
caselike
caseload
caseloads
casemaking clothes moth (current term)
casemate
casemated
casemates
caseness
caseo-iodine
caseose
caseoses

Literary usage of Casemaking clothes moth

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1. How to Recognize and Eliminate Silverfish, Beetles, Cockroaches, Moths by Thomas A. Parker (1991)
"The casemaking clothes moth. - This moth is not nearly so common as the ... The name casemaking clothes moth is derived from the habit of the larva to spin ..."

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