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moth fly
moth fly n. (a) any of various winged insects developing from larvae thought to resemble those of the clothes moth (obsolete); (b) any of numerous tiny flies of the dipteran family Psychodidae, the body and wings of which are covered in long coarse hairs; also called owl midge.
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moth fly1552
sandfly1748
moth-gnat1855
owl midge1938
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum s.v. Moth flye, Hepiolus, Tinea, æ, Tinea, is the flye with longe legges that flieth about a candle.
a1638 R. M. in R. Brownlow Rep. Diverse Cases: 2nd Pt. (1651) To Rdr. sig. A2 Which condition imposes upon him something more more then Metaphorically, the semblance of a Moth-flye, which is in nothing so solicitious, as in its own ruine.
1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 47 Blatta..the Moth-fly, produced out of the Meal-Worm.
1791 Trans. Soc. Arts 9 114 The moth-fly..gets in and lays her eggs in the comb.
1899 D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. ii. 470 Fam. 7—Psychodidae (Moth Flies).—Extremely small, helpless flies [etc.].
1962 R. M. Gordon & M. M. J. Lavoipierre Entomol. for Students of Med. xx. 131 Members of the subfamily Phlebotominae, are commonly known as sandflies and may be distinguished from flies belonging to the other three subfamilies, which are known as moth flies or owl midges.
1991 New Scientist 15 June 24/1 There are three main offenders: the window gnat (Sylvicola fenestralis), non-biting midges (chironomids) and moth flies (psychodids).
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