Case-bearing Clothes Moth (Larva)

Indoor environments, particularly in closets, drawers, or under furniture where wool, silk, or fur items are stored.

Animal-based fibers including wool, silk, fur, feathers, and lint containing skin cells or hair.

The larva builds a silk-lined portable tube (case) camouflaged with fibers from its food source. It carries this case as it feeds and eventually pupates inside it.

Considered a household pest because it can cause significant damage to rugs, clothing, and upholstery; it provides no direct benefit to the indoor ecosystem.