| 单词 | meal moth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmeal moth meal moth n. any of several small pyralid moths which infest mills, granaries, etc., and whose larvae feed on meal or flour, esp. Pyralis farinalis and (more fully Indian meal moth) Plodia interpunctella. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Pyralidae > genus Pyralis > pyralis farinalis (flour-moth) meal moth1842 flour-moth1893 1842 T. W. Harris Treat. Insects Injurious to Vegetation (1862) 475 The meal-moth (Pyralis farinalis). 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xiv. 298 The Indian-meal moth (Plodia interpunctella) and the Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kühniella) are serious pests. 1971 Nature 17 Dec. 415/2 Our tests were conducted with the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) and the almond moth Cadra cautella (Walker), both phycitid species. 1992 N.Y. Times 29 Dec. c1/3 The Indian meal moth..[has] developed resistance to B.t. toxins. < as lemmas |
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