| NOUN | animal | cacao moth, tobacco moth, Ephestia elutella | small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products |
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| Meaning | small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products. | |
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| Synonyms | tobacco moth, Ephestia elutella | |
| Member of | Ephestia, genus Ephestia | small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products |
| Broader | pyralid, pyralid moth | usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests |
| Catalan | ephestia elutella | |
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