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FAMILY PYRALIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bee moths; corn borers; flour moths
Synonyms:
family Pyralidae; family Pyralididae; Pyralidae; Pyralididae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Pyralidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Pyralidae"):
pyralid; pyralid moth (usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests)
genus Pyralis; Pyralis (type genus of the Pyralidae)
Galleria; genus Galleria (a genus of Pyralidae)
genus Pyrausta; Pyrausta (moths whose larvae are corn borers)
Anagasta; genus Anagasta (moth whose larvae are flour moths)
Ephestia; genus Ephestia (small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products)
Cadra; genus Cadra (a genus of Pyralidae)
corn borer; Pyrausta nubilalis (larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize)
Holonyms ("family Pyralidae" is a member of...):
Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)