NOUN | animal | Ephestia elutella, tobacco moth, cacao moth | 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, cacao moth | |
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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