gelechiid (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *gelechiid*:
NOUN	animal	gelechiid, gelechiid moth	small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests

English > *gelechiid*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests.
Synonym	gelechiid moth
Member of	Gelechiidae, family Gelechiidae	Important economic pests
Narrower	Gelechia gossypiella	small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton
	grain moth	moth whose larvae feed on grain
	potato moth, potato tuber moth, splitworm, Phthorimaea operculella	Greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm
Broader	moth	typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae
Spanish	gelechiid
Catalan	gelechiid

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