Issue expanding variable with multiple wildcards in bash shell script with mv / rename

I wrote a bash shell script for Linux to move files in a static folder according to parameters specified in a data file. I've reduced that script to a minimal reproducible example to demonstrate an issue I'm having with it:

#!/bin/bash
while IFS=" " read -r fldr matchStr
do
	perlExp=\'s/^/\\/home\\/test\\/alpha\\/"$fldr"\\//\'
	fullmatchStr=testfile\ -\ "$matchStr"\ -\ *.txt
	rename --verbose "$perlExp" ${fullmatchStr}
done < test.dat

*(Please note that I originally started out using mv instead of rename, and I'm fine with using either command.)* This script reads test.dat, which is a text file of the syntax:

folderName matchStr
...

A simple example of this test.dat file:

test001 *.foo.bar
test002 *.foo.baz
test003 bar.*.baz

***It is essential that wildcards are allowed in this data file and are supported by the script. Also, support for spaces within filenames is required.*** Examples of filenames of files to be moved:

testfile - linux.foo.bar - 10101010 10101010.txt
testfile - unix.foo.bar - 01010101 10101010.txt
testfile - ubuntu.foo.baz - 10101010 01010101.txt
testfile - debian.foo.baz - 10101010 00000000.txt
testfile - bar.linus.baz - 11111111 01010101.txt

Given the above test.dat file, those files need to be moved, respectively, to these folders:

/home/test/alpha/test001
/home/test/alpha/test001
/home/test/alpha/test002
/home/test/alpha/test002
/home/test/alpha/test003

I read several relevant QAs, including: - https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/77007/mv-cannot-stat-no-such-file-or-directory-in-shell-script - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8748831/when-do-we-need-curly-braces-around-shell-variables - https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/131766/why-does-my-shell-script-choke-on-whitespace-or-other-special-characters but I'm still not getting the results I desire. No errors are presented, but no files are moved. How can this piece of code be improved to make it work as desired?