ScientificName: Tineola bisselliella, Tinea pellionella, and Trichophaga tapetzella
Description: Adult moths are about ½ inch long and have brownish, gold bodies.
Habitat/Food: Clothes moths are seldom seen because they avoid light. They prefer dark, undisturbed areas such as closets, basements and attics, and tend to live in corners or in folds of fabric. Serious infestations of clothes moths can develop undetected in a home, causing significant damage to clothing, bedding, floor coverings and other articles.
Life Cycle: Clothes moth adults do not feed so they cause no injury to fabrics. However, the adults produce eggs which hatch into the fabric-eating larvae.
Organic Control: There are some traps that use specific hormones to lure moths.
Interesting Fact: Most damage is done to clothing and fiber left undisturbed for a long time or to clothing soiled with beverages, urine, oil, and sweat.