moth

noun

Any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from butterflies by their nocturnal activity, hairlike or feathery antennae, stout bodies, and the frenulum that holds the front and back wings together.

A clothes moth.

An obsolete variant of mote.

A nocturnal or crepuscular lepidopterous insect; a member of the order Lepidoptera and suborder Heterocera.

Any larva that destroys woolen fabrics.