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almond moth
almond moth n. a small grey-brown pyralid moth, Ephestia cautella, which is a cosmopolitan pest of stored food products, esp. dried fruit, nuts, and seeds.
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1844 J. Kitto Pict. Hist. Palestine II. viii. p. ccccxxi The Almond-Moth and the Fig-tree Moth are also mentioned by Hasselquist.
1939 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 2) xxi. 804 The closely related almond or fig moth, Ephestia cautella (Walker)..is a serious pest of harvested figs but breeds in nearly all kinds of stored vegetable products.
2002 Tulsa World (Nexis) 11 Feb. It traps grain moths, flour moths, Indian meal moths, raisin moths, almond moths, tobacco moths and seed moths; but not clothing moths.
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