genus gelechia

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   type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms

   SynonymsGelechia

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofGelechiidae

Questions about genus gelechia

What does genus gelechia mean?

genus gelechia means "type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms".

What is another word for genus gelechia?

Close synonyms include Gelechia. 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 gelechia a common word?

genus gelechia 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.