イガ

noun

Tinea translucens; clothes moth

A specific species of clothes moth. In everyday language, often referred to simply as イガ.

• イガは衣い類るいを食たべる害がい虫ちゅうです。

  The clothes moth is a pest that eats clothing.

• クローゼットにイガが発はっ生せいした。

  Clothes moths appeared in the closet.