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carpet moth

American

noun

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

carpet moth British

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of carpet moth

First recorded in 1855–60

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