| NOUN | animal | Gelechiidae, family Gelechiidae | important economic pests |
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| Meaning | Important economic pests. | |
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| Synonym | family Gelechiidae | |
| Member of | Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera | moths and butterflies |
| Members | Gelechia, genus Gelechia | type genus of the Gelechiidae |
| Phthorimaea, genus Phthorimaea | potato moths | |
| Sitotroga, genus Sitotroga | grain moths | |
| gelechiid, gelechiid moth | small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests | |
| pink bollworm, Gelechia gossypiella | larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia | |
| Broader | arthropod family | Any of the arthropods |
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