mothicide

plural mothicides

1. countableuncountableA substance that kills moths.

   DON’T BURN YOUR MONEY / By using inferior mothicides in storing your winter clothing.

   1903 March 27, Lexington Leader, Lexington, Ky., page 8

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   Tons of naphthalene, paradichlorbenzene, camphor, and other reputed “mothicides” have been employed to kill moths.

   1928 January, W. ZurLinden, “Moths”, in The Supplement to the United States Naval Medical Bulletin Published for the Information of the Hospital Corps of the Navy, volume XII, number 1, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, page 44

   Wool and mixed-wool clothing in storage must be protected from damage by moths. The standard methods of protecting clothing are: a. Initial treatment of such cloting with mothicide or insecticide by the manufacturer with additional treatment at the depot when the clothing is repacked or baled. b. Use of mothicide or insecticide in the bins of the loose issue room to protect the unpackaged clothing.

   1950, “Subsistence”, in Storage of Quartermaster Supplies (Department of the Army Technical Manual; TM 10-250), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, section IV (Care and preservation of supplies), subsection 59 (Prevention of Damage by Moths), page 30