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Definition of Trichophaga
1. Noun. Carpet moths.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Tineidae, Tineidae
Member holonyms: Carpet Moth, Tapestry Moth, Trichophaga Tapetzella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trichophaga
Literary usage of Trichophaga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Moth Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Moths of North America by William Jacob Holland (1903)
"... winter arrests development temporarily. The insect is widely distributed all
over the continent, and in fact all over the world. Genus trichophaga ..."
2. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"(From Herrick's Insects Injurious to the Household. By Permission of the Macmillan
Company, Publishers.) Fio. 233.—Adult of the Tapestry Moth (trichophaga ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"... the larva is entirely enclosed (like the larvae of the gall-flies). Of Clothes-
moths there are at least three species widely distributed. trichophaga ..."
4. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1913)
"... feeding upon garments of wool and hair, must be considered among carrion
feeders, like Trox among beetles. He cited trichophaga ..."
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