单词 | bee-moth |
释义 | > as lemmasbee-moth bee-moth n. U.S. Galleria mellonella: = wax-moth n. at wax n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Pyralidae > member of genus Galleria wax-moth1766 bee-moth1829 hive-moth1931 1829 Massachusetts Spy 27 May Instinct teaches the bee-moth to secrete herself, during the day, in the corners of the hive. 1838 H. Colman 1st Rep. Agric. Mass. (Mass. Agric. Surv.) 71 The bee moth is to be guarded against by making the crevices of the hive tight with putty or glue. 1862 T. W. Harris Treat. Insects Injurious to Vegetation (ed. 3) 489 The group called Crambidæ, or Crambians, among which the bee-moth or wax-moth is to be placed. < as lemmas |
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