carpet moth

Related to carpet moth: clothes moth, carpet beetle

carpet moth

(Animals) any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings

[C19: so named from the patterns on their wings]

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carpet moth - larvae feed on carpets and other woolens

tapestry moth, Trichophaga tapetzella

tineid, tineid moth - small yellowish moths whose larvae feed on wool or fur

genus Trichophaga, Trichophaga - carpet moths

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