Name: Common Clothes Moth or Webbing Clothes Moth
Binomial Name: Tineola Bisselliella
Length: Between 0.8-1.9cm.
Forewings: Buff gold in colour with a fringe of shimmering white long hair around the margins.
Hindwings: Yellowish white with a fringe of shimmering white long hair around the margins.
Thorax: Yellowish Brown.
Abdomen: Yellowish Brown.
Other Physical Characteristics: Reddish golden hairs on top of the head. Unlike other keratin consuming moths the Common Clothes Moth does not have spots on its wings.
Name: Tapestry Moth
Binomial Name: Trichophaga tapetzella
Length: Between 1-2.2cm.
Forewings: Blackish brown towards the head leading to iridescent white marked with grey brown blotching.
Hindwings: Iridescent white marked with grey blotching.
Thorax: Dark brown.
Abdomen: Pale brown.
Other Physical Characteristics: White hairs on top of the head.