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Meaning of clothing moth | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any moth that feeds on natural fiber, especially the following from subfamily Tineinae:
Niditinea fuscella (brown-dotted clothes moth)
Tinea pellionella (case-bearing clothes moth)
Tineola bisselliella (common clothes moth, webbing clothes moth)
Trichophaga tapetzella (carpet moth, tapestry moth)
Monopis crocicapitella (pale-backed clothes moth)

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

clothing-iron clothings clothism clothist clothlessness clothmaker