Beast
Clothes-moth
| Latin name: | Tinea |
| Other names: | Tynea |
| Category: | Worm/Insect |
A worm that eats clothes
General Attributes
The clothes-moth is found in some medieval encyclopedias. It is a worm that is generated in clothes, especially ones made of wool. It also eats clothes.
Reality
In modern taxonomy, Tinea and Tineola are genera of moths, both in the Tineidae family. Tineola bisselliella is the common clothing moth; the larva of these eat cloth fibers.
