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    Clothes moth or clothing moth is the common name for several species of moth considered to be pests, whose larvae eat animal fibres (hairs), including...
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    bisselliella, known as the common clothes moth, webbing clothes moth, or simply clothing moth, is a species of fungus moth (family Tineidae, subfamily Tineinae)...
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    reference to devouring clothes. Moth larvae, or caterpillars, make cocoons from which they emerge as fully grown moths with wings. Some moth caterpillars dig...
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    Tinea pellionella, the case-bearing clothes moth, is a species of tineoid moth in the family Tineidae, the fungus moths. This species has a cosmopolitan...
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    beetle which attack leather-bound books, while the common clothes moth and the brown house moth attack cloth bindings. These attacks are largely a problem...
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    Mothball (redirect from Moth balls)
    materials susceptible to damage from silverfish, mold or moth larvae (especially clothes moths like Tineola bisselliella). Older mothballs consisted primarily...
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    Carpet moth Case-bearing clothes moth Common clothing moth Mediterranean flour moth[citation needed] Indianmeal moth[citation needed] Warehouse moth[citation...
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    to carpets, clothes, and other household fabrics. Tapestry moths complete their cycles within a year and are more like webbing clothes moths in that they...
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    Tineidae (redirect from Tineid Moth)
    species are the common clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella), the case-bearing clothes moth (Tinea pellionella), and the carpet moth (Trichophaga tapetzella);...
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    Tineola is a genus of moths the family Tineidae. There are two species, including the familiar common clothes moth (T. bisselliella). Species: Tineola...
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    Monopis crocicapitella, the pale-backed clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1859. It has a nearly...
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    cannibalistic. Some feed on other animal products. For example, clothes moths feed on wool, and horn moths feed on the hooves and horns of dead ungulates. Caterpillars...
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    Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans since they prey on clothes moth larvae, carpet beetle larvae, booklice, ants, mites, and small flies...
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    The brown-dotted clothes moth (Niditinea fuscella) is a species of tineoid moth. It belongs to the fungus moth family (Tineidae), and therein to the nominate...
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    reference to devouring clothes. The etymological origins of the word "caterpillar", the larval form of butterflies and moths, are from the early 16th...
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    (Hummel, 1823) (common clothes moth, webbing clothes moth) Trichophaga tapetzella (Linnaeus, 1758) (tapestry moth, carpet moth) Bucculatrix bechsteinella...
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    the moths are feeble fliers but the carpet beetles may also enter houses through open windows. Furniture beetles, carpet beetles and clothes moths are...
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    organism Drosophila melanogaster Harmful insects Insect bites and stings Insect sting allergy Bed bug Woodworm Home-stored product entomology Clothes moth...
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    Erechthias minuscula, the erechthias clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1897. It is widespread...
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    Trichogramma evanescens, which parasitises clothes moth eggs, in conjunction with pheromones to control common clothes moths, which cause serious damage to carpets...
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  • T. evanescens, which parasitises clothes moth eggs, in conjunction with pheromones to control common clothes moths, which cause serious damage to carpets...
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    the other hand, employ moth traps to protect their homes from moth infestations, particularly clothes moths and pantry moths, which can cause significant...
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    Ceratophaga vastella, or the horn moth, belongs to the clothes moth family Tineidae and is noted for its larva's ability to feed on keratin from the horns...
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    Nemapogon ruricolella, the gold-sheen clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in Great Britain, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany...
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    Niditinea striolella, the brindled clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1931. It is found from most...
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    Tinea pallescentella, the large pale clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in most of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and most...
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    fur and to make many different knitted clothes. As acrylic is a synthetic fiber, the larvae of clothes moths are unable to digest it. However, acrylic...
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    pallescentella Stainton, 1851 (= T. galeatella) Tinea pellionella – case-bearing clothes moth Tinea poecilella Rebel, 1940 Tinea porphyropa Meyrick, 1927 Tinea porphyrota...
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    House flies Fruit flies Mosquitoes Moths Almond moths Indianmeal moths Clothes moths Common clothes moths Brown house moths Paper Lice Red spiders Silverfish...
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    Haplotinea insectella, the drab clothes moth or fungus grain moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794...
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