The adult moth is bronze-brown,
with dark-brown to black flecks on the forewings. The male
and female average 8.5 and 14.5 mm in length, respectively.
The full-grown larva is white, with a tan head, and is about
6 mm long. The brown house moth feeds on animal and vegetable
matter in many countries around the world. The larval stage
feeds principally upon upholstery, carpets, furs, skins, dried
specimens of animals, in birds' nests, dried plants, dried
fruits, and sometimes on books. In some instances this moth
has been found damaging leather bindings. The brown house moth
is more destructive than the common clothes moth. Its faeces
are oblong and larger than those of the common clothes moth.
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