genus ephestia

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   small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products

   SynonymsEphestia

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofPyralidae

Questions about genus ephestia

What does genus ephestia mean?

genus ephestia means "small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products".

What is another word for genus ephestia?

Close synonyms include Ephestia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus ephestia a common word?

genus ephestia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.