noun
small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products
• Syn: ↑Ephestia
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pyralidae, ↑family Pyralidae, ↑Pyralididae, ↑family Pyralididae
• Member Meronyms: ↑tobacco moth, ↑cacao moth, ↑Ephestia elutella
Useful english dictionary. 2012.