Meaning | small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests. |
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Synonym | gelechiid moth |
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Member of | Gelechiidae, family Gelechiidae | Important economic pests |
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Narrower | Gelechia gossypiella | small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton |
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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 |
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Spanish | gelechiid |
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Catalan | gelechiid |
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