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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
Generic synonyms: Clothes Moth
Group relationships: Genus Tinea, Tinea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Casemaking Clothes Moth
Literary usage of Casemaking clothes moth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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 ..."