clothes moth

1. 1.

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

   Broadertineid

   Narrowercasemaking clothes mothwebbing clothes moth

Questions about clothes moth

What does clothes moth mean?

clothes moth means "any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens".

Is clothes moth a common word?

clothes moth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.