Tineola bisselliella, the web-making moth, is the more common species. Tineola pelliomella produces cases (cocoons) and is somewhat less common. Usually, a moth infestation is discovered when you ...

A “weird city version” of common countryside wisdom saved my favorite outfits.

Last week Textile Expert R. W. Moncrieff told how clothes moths (Tineola bisselliella) got their depraved craving for wool, and how modern chemists are persuading them to let the stuff alone.

The two moths most commonly found in UK homes doing damage to natural fibres are the common clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella) and the case-bearing clothes moth (Tinea pellionella). It is the ...