grain moth

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   moth whose larvae feed on grain

   Broadergelechiid

   Narrowerangoumois moth

Questions about grain moth

What does grain moth mean?

grain moth means "moth whose larvae feed on grain".

Is grain moth a common word?

grain moth 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.