carpet moth

English

Tinea pellionella

Noun

carpet moth (plural carpet moths)

1. The moth Trichophaga tapetzella.

   Synonym: tapestry moth

2. The moth Tinea pellionella.

   Synonym: tapestry moth

3. Synonym of carpet (“any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae”)

References

• “carpet moth”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• carpet moth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia