Clothing Moth Types

• Moths damage clothing in the caterpillar stage.Hemera Technologies/PhotoObjects.net/Getty Images
  
  The two types of clothing moths are the casemaking and webbing moth. The casemaking clothes moth is known as the Tinea pellionella. The webbing clothes moth is known as the Tineola bisselliella. Casemaking clothes moths are caterpillars that spin protective cases into which they incorporate the pieces of fibers they eat. They drag the cases as they move, spinning them into tough cocoons; insect pupae grow into adult moths. Webbing clothes moths work differently, forming feeding tubes by spinning a silken web. They then attach their silken creations to the clothing they eat.