Tinea pellionella

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Tinea pellionella - the larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins

casemaking clothes moth

clothes moth - any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens

genus Tinea, Tinea - type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths

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casemaking clothes moth clothes moth genus Tinea tinea			Hair bits nipped off of corpses by Tinea pellionella can yield enough DNA to identify the deceased, according to Sibyl Bucheli of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. Clothes moths offer forensic clues by building fuzzy, hair-flecked ... by Milius, Susan / Science News [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Just like butterflies, casemaking clothes moths, Tinea pellionella, start as caterpillars. Caterpillars tattletale to police by Ghose, Tia / Science News for Kids			Tinca Tinca tinca tincal Tinchel tinct tinctorial tincture tincture of iodine tincture of opium Tincture of steel Tind Tindal Tindale tinder Tinder box tinder-dry tinderbox tine tine test tinea tinea barbae tinea capitis tinea corporis tinea cruris tinea pedis Tinea pellionella tinea unguium Tinean Tined tineid tineid moth Tineidae Tineman tineoid tineoid moth Tineoidea Tineola Tineola bisselliella Tinet tinfoil ting ting-a-ling tinge Tingent Tinger Tingid Tingidae Tingis tingle tingling tingly			tinea cruris tinea cruris tinea cruris Tinea faciei Tinea faciei Tinea faciei tinea favosa Tinea Gladiatorum tinea imbricata tinea imbricata tinea imbricata Tinea infections Tinea infections Tinea infections tinea kerion tinea manus tinea manus tinea manus Tinea manuum Tinea manuum Tinea manuum Tinea nigra Tinea nigra Tinea nigra tinea of body tinea of groin tinea of scalp tinea pedis tinea pedis tinea pedis Tinea pellionella tinea profunda tinea profunda tinea profunda tinea sycosis tinea sycosis tinea sycosis Tinea unguinum Tinea unguinum tinea unguium tinea unguium tinea unguium tinea versicolor tinea versicolor tinea versicolor tineal tineal tineal Tinean tined tined tined Tinegrass Tinegrass tineid tineid moth tineid moth Tineidae Tineidae Tinel's sign Tinel's sign

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