gelechiid moth
Noun
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Small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests (synset 102296004)
is a type of: moth - typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennaesubtypes:
- gelechia gossypiella - small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton
- grain moth - moth whose larvae feed on grain
- phthorimaea operculella, potato moth, potato tuber moth, splitworm - greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm
belongs to: family gelechiidae, gelechiidae - important economic pestssame as: gelechiid
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