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PYRALIDIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pyralididae mean?
• PYRALIDIDAE (noun)
The noun PYRALIDIDAE has 1 sense:
1. bee moths; corn borers; flour moths
Familiarity information: PYRALIDIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bee moths; corn borers; flour moths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Pyralidae; family Pyralididae; Pyralidae; Pyralididae
Hypernyms ("Pyralididae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Pyralididae"):
pyralid; pyralid moth (usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests)
genus Pyralis; Pyralis (type genus of the Pyralidae)
Galleria; genus Galleria (a genus of Pyralidae)
genus Pyrausta; Pyrausta (moths whose larvae are corn borers)
Anagasta; genus Anagasta (moth whose larvae are flour moths)
Ephestia; genus Ephestia (small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products)
Cadra; genus Cadra (a genus of Pyralidae)
corn borer; Pyrausta nubilalis (larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize)
Holonyms ("Pyralididae" is a member of...):
Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
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