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Definition of Tobacco moth
1. Noun. Small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products.
Generic synonyms: Pyralid, Pyralid Moth
Group relationships: Ephestia, Genus Ephestia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tobacco Moth
Literary usage of Tobacco moth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laboratory Exercises in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"B. Now compare a tobacco moth and a tomato moth. They are not alike and are not
of the same species, for they differ in the colors of the wings and the ..."
2. Laboratory Exercises in General Zoölogy by Glenn Washington Herrick (1907)
"B. Now compare a tobacco moth and a tomato moth. They are not alike and are not
of the same species, for they differ in the colors of the wings and the ..."
3. Flue-Cured Tobacco: The Complete Handbook by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Protecting Stored Tobacco Tobacco stored on the farm is subject to damage by two
pests, the tobacco moth and the cigarette beetle. ..."
4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1867)
"They may frequently be seen upon the grub of the tobacco moth in the shape of
small whitish grains on the first segments. -It is useless to try to raise any ..."
5. Rice Seed Health: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Rice Seed by International Rice Research Institute, United Nations Development Programme (1988)
"... (Hubner) tobacco moth/cocoa moth Pyralidae Oryzaephilus mercator (Fauvel)
Merchant grain beetle Cucujidae Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.) Sawtoothed ..."
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