casemaking clothes moth

Definitions of casemaking clothes moth
  1. noun
    the larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins
    synonyms: Tinea pellionella
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    type of:
    clothes moth
    any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens
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