flour moth

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Noun

flour moth (plural flour moths)

  2. Any of several small moths of the Pyralidae family whose larvae feed on flour.
    Synonyms: mealmoth, meal moth
    2. (Pyralis farinalis), a cosmopolitan pyralid moth whose larvae are pests on milled plant products.
    4. The Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella).
    6. The Mediterranean flour moth or Indian flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella).

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