What is "clothes moth"

Clothes \Clothes\ (kl[=o][th]z or kl[=o]z; 277), n. pl. [From Cloth.]

1. Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort.

   She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes.
   --Shak.

   If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
   --Mark. v. 28.

2. The covering of a bed; bedclothes.

   She turned each way her frighted head, Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.
   --Prior.

   Body clothes. See under Body.

   Clothes moth (Zo["o]l.), a small moth of the genus Tinea. The most common species ( Tinea flavifrontella) is yellowish white. The larv[ae] eat woolen goods, furs, feathers, etc. They live in tubular cases made of the material upon which they feed, fastened together with silk.

   Syn: Garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture; raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments.

n. An insect of the family Tineidae, feeding on textiles.

n. any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens

Clothes moth or clothing moth is the common name for several species of moth known to eat clothing and other man-made fabrics.

These include:

• Niditinea fuscella, the brown-dotted clothes moth
• Tinea pellionella, the case-bearing clothes moth
• Tineola bisselliella, the common clothes moth or webbing clothes moth
• Trichophaga tapetzella, the carpet moth or tapestry moth