| NOUN | animal | gelechiid moth, gelechiid | small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests |
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| Meaning | small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests. | |
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| Synonym | gelechiid | |
| 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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