carpet moth

noun

1. a clothes moth, Trichophaga tapetzella, the larvae of which infest carpets and other woolen articles.

carpet moth

noun

1. any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings

Word History and Origins

Origin of carpet moth¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Word History and Origins

Origin of carpet moth¹

C19: so named from the patterns on their wings

Example Sentences

The Fur or Skin Moth works like the carpet moth: it makes itself a case of the same form, and constructs it in the same manner.

From Project Gutenberg