衣蛾

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衣	蛾
い Grade: 4	が Hyōgai
kan'on	on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 衣(い) (i, “clothing”) + 蛾(が) (ga, “moth”).

Noun

衣(い)蛾(が) or 衣蛾(イガ) • (iga) 

1. Tinea translucens, a species of clothes moth

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as イガ.