GELECHIID

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests

Synonyms:

gelechiid; gelechiid moth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("gelechiid" is a kind of...):

moth (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gelechiid"):

Gelechia gossypiella (small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton)

grain moth (moth whose larvae feed on grain)

Phthorimaea operculella; potato moth; potato tuber moth; splitworm (greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm)

Holonyms ("gelechiid" is a member of...):

family Gelechiidae; Gelechiidae (important economic pests)