Casemaking Clothes Moth
Its common name comes fro the silken tube/case spun by the larva and carried wherever the larva goes.
- Common Name: Casemaking Clothes Moth
- Scentific Name: Tinea pellionella (Linnaeus)
- Class/Order/Family: Insecta/Lepidoptera/Tineidae
- Metamorphosis: Complete
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Size
Adults measure about 3/8 to 1/2".
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Color
Buff to golden with brownish tinge and three dark spots on each front wing.
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Biology
Adult females can mate and lay eggs on the day they emerge from their cocoon.
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Habit
Attack synthetic fibers only when they are interwoven with natural animal fibers.
Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, and Washington Counties