pyralid
NounSynonyms:
pyralid moth
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pestsSynonyms: pyralid moth
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Pyralid \Pyr"a*lid\, n. [L. pyralis, -idis, a kind of winged insect.] (Zool.) Any moth of the family Pyralid[ae]. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth, meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth. [1913 Webster]