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Any moth of the family Pyralidae. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth, meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth.

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  1. n. Any moth of the family Pyralidae. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth, meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth.
  2. n. usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests
  3. Any moth of the family Pyralidæ. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth, meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth.
  4. Any moth of the family Pyralidæ. The species are numerous andmostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth,meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth.
  5. n usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests