family gelechiidae
Noun
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Important economic pests (synset 102295787)
is a type of: arthropod family - any of the arthropodsmember holonym:
- gelechiid, gelechiid moth - small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests
- gelechia, genus gelechia - type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms
- genus sitotroga, sitotroga - grain moths
- genus phthorimaea, phthorimaea - potato moths
- gelechia gossypiella, pink bollworm - larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls
belongs to: lepidoptera, order lepidoptera - moths and butterfliessame as: gelechiidae
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