What is poliya

[ChadH]

Supposedly it's a bug that eats your furniture? Is that right? If so, what is it in English?

[sosia]

polilla (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polilla) (moth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moth))
They can eat your clothes.
For furniture it's more comon the carcoma (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcoma) (woodworm (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodworm))

Saludos :D