Clothes moth

Japanese: clothes moth(英語表記)clothesmoth
Clothes moth

...The larvae feed on wool and fur and live in houses and warehouses, so they have been artificially transported to various places. It was thought to be the same as T. pellionella (English name: clothes moth), which is distributed from Europe to China, but recent research has shown that it is a different species, as the scientific name indicates. In addition to Japan, it is distributed in Europe, the former Soviet Union, India, Africa, and the Americas.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "clothes moth" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…幼虫が羊毛,毛皮などを食べ,家屋内や倉庫にすむため,人為的に各地へ運ばれてきた。ヨーロッパから中国に分布するT.pellionella(英名clothes moth)と同じとされていたが,最近の研究によって表記の学名のような別種とされている。日本のほか,ヨーロッパ,旧ソ連,インド,アフリカからアメリカ大陸にも分布している。…

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