Definition of Tineoid

1. Noun. Small dull-colored moth with chewing mouthparts.

Exact synonyms: Tineoid Moth
Generic synonyms: Moth
Group relationships: Superfamily Tineoidea, Tineoidea
Specialized synonyms: Tineid, Tineid Moth, Gracilariid, Gracilariid Moth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tineoid

tinea tonsurans
tinea tropicalis
tinea unguium
tinea versicolor
tinea versicolour
tineal
tinean
tineas
tined
tineid
tineid moth
tineids
tinel's sign
tineman
tinemen
tineoid (current term)
tineoid moth
tines
tinet
tineæ
tinfoil
tinfoil hat
tinfoil hats
tinfoiler
tinfoilers
tinfoils
tinful
tinfuls
ting
tinge

Literary usage of Tineoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1900)
"... perhaps, rather to the tineoid lower section, but approaching the higher ; it is in fact a most interesting transitional form. THE PUPA. ..."

2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1899)
"This view is not shared by Packard, who suggests that the earliest typo was " allied to some tineoid which lived, not only on land, but on low herbage, ..."

3. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... is of the primitive tineoid type; the smooth larvae feed on the stems or roots of plants and the pupal structure agrees with that of _ ..."

4. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1905)
"... be first treated were those which Hampson will reach last, and at the present rate of publication, not reach for many years, namely, the tineoid groups. ..."

5. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1905)
"The larva before us bears out this conclusion, as it is a true tineoid form, not related to the Butterflies, but to the Cossidae and ..."

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