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Definition of Pyralid
1. Noun. Usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests.
Generic synonyms: Moth
Group relationships: Family Pyralidae, Family Pyralididae, Pyralidae, Pyralididae
Specialized synonyms: Bee Moth, Galleria Mellonella, Wax Moth, Corn Borer, Corn Borer Moth, European Corn Borer Moth, Pyrausta Nubilalis, Anagasta Kuehniella, Mediterranean Flour Moth, Cacao Moth, Ephestia Elutella, Tobacco Moth, Almond Moth, Cadra Cautella, Fig Moth, Cadra Figulilella, Raisin Moth
Definition of Pyralid
1. n. Any moth of the family Pyralidæ. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth, meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth.
Definition of Pyralid
1. Noun. Any moth of the family Pyralidae ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pyralid
1. a long-legged moth [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyralid
Literary usage of Pyralid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Review of Applied Entomology by Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Imperial Bureau of Entomology (1916)
"... white and yellow acacia and of Lathyrus silvestris are frequently attacked by
the caterpillars of the pyralid, ..."
2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1906)
"Dyar has confused the pyralid genus ... as a pyralid. These three species Dyar
unites in the same genus (Lift \tli. Amer. Lep., pp. 394-395), and places the ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In 1897 he was appointed a member of The Academy of Sciences of Saint Petersburg,
publishing for them the works of Catherine II. pyralid/E, a family of ..."
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