pyralid moth

Questions about pyralid moth

What does pyralid moth mean?

pyralid moth means "usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests".

What is another word for pyralid moth?

Close synonyms include pyralid. 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 pyralid moth a common word?

pyralid 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.