Case-bearing Clothes Moth

Tinea pellionella

Appearance

•   Adult - 6 mm long. Dark buff forewings with three faint spots (may appear as two)..
•   Larva - up to 10 mm long. Lives in a silken tube, which is usually the colour of the fabric it has been eating.
•   Pupa - formed in the sealed larval case.

Lifecycle

•  Similar to the common clothes moth.

Habits

•  Regular holes made in fabrics.
•  More rare than the Common clothes moth. Check imported goods such as hides or objects of animal origin.