Clothes moth

Clothes moth or clothing moth is the common name for several species of considered to be pests, whose larvae eat animal fibres (hairs), including  and other s.

These include:
 * , the common clothes moth or webbing clothes moth
 * , the case-bearing clothes moth. Obsolete names are: Phalaena (Tinea) pellionella, Phalaena zoolegella, Tinea demiurga, Tinea gerasimovi, and Tinea pelliomella
 * , the carpet moth or tapestry moth
 * , pale-backed clothes moth. Particularly destructive of textiles, and found to have increased dramatically in south-west England in 2018.
 * , the brown-dotted clothes moth

Diet
The larvae of clothes moths eat animal fibres, which are not removed by other scavengers. In human societies, garments and textiles are made of animal fibres; several moth species eat them, creating holes and damage, and are consequently considered a pest, deriving their generic common name from their diet. Various means are used to or. s are also used both to count and to destroy clothes moths.

Among other methods, recommendations to protect heritage collections of textiles include checking the undersides of chairs, moving and all furniture once a month and sealing the discarded vacuum cleaner bag, checking and shaking textiles every month, and regularly checking attics and chimneys. If textiles do become infested, adults, eggs and larvae can be killed by freezing garments in sealed bags for a fortnight (14 days).