/ English Dictionary |
GENUS EPHESTIA
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products
Synonyms:
Ephestia; genus Ephestia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Ephestia" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ephestia"):
cacao moth; Ephestia elutella; tobacco moth (small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products)
Holonyms ("genus Ephestia" is a member of...):
family Pyralidae; family Pyralididae; Pyralidae; Pyralididae (bee moths; corn borers; flour moths)