larval development...growth rates, and the shorter growing season of their food plants. The usual number of molts (ecdyses) is four or five, but some of the small leaf miners molt only twice. When starved, the larvae of clothes moths (Tineola) have been known to have a dozen molts, sometimes accompanied by a decrease in size.
tineid mothsany of a group of moths (order Lepidoptera) that includes several economically important clothes-moth species. Tineid moths generally have slender, elongated, fringed wings with a wingspan of 12 to 25 mm (0.5 to 1 inch) and dull, mottled coloration. They have long antennae and erect scales or hairs on their heads, giving them a “spiked” look. The larvae are scavengers, feeding...
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