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单词 house moth
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Definition of house moth in English:

house moth

noun
  • Any moth that has a tendency to enter buildings and whose larvae damage textiles and are a pest of stored foodstuffs; especially either of two predominantly brownish moths of the family Oecophoridae, Hofmannophila pseudospretella and Endrosis sarcitrella, which has white foreparts.

Origin

Early 19th century; earliest use found in Walter Nicol (d. 1811).

 
 

Definition of house moth in US English:

house moth

noun
  • Any moth that has a tendency to enter buildings and whose larvae damage textiles and are a pest of stored foodstuffs; especially either of two predominantly brownish moths of the family Oecophoridae, Hofmannophila pseudospretella and Endrosis sarcitrella, which has white foreparts.

Origin

Early 19th century; earliest use found in Walter Nicol (d. 1811).

 
 
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