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insect species, Trichophaga tapetzella

Also known as: Trichophaga tapetzella, tapestry moth, white-tip clothes moth

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In tineid moth
…moth (Tinea pellionella), and the carpet, tapestry, or white-tip clothes moth (Trichophaga tapetzella). The larvae of the casemaking clothes moth use silk and fragments of food to construct a small, flat, oval case in which the larvae live and pupate. Clothes-moth larvae also attack synthetic or plant-fibre fabrics soiled with…
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