pyralid moth

1. 1.

   usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests

   Synonymspyralid

   Broadermoth

   Narrowerbee mothcorn borerMediterranean flour mothtobacco mothalmond mothraisin moth

   Part ofPyralidae

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.