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meal moth

noun

  1. a small pyralid moth, Pyralis farinalis, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals. The Indian meal moth ( Plodia interpunctella ) and the Mediterranean flour moth ( Ephestia kuehniella ) are other pyralids with similar habits

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The same family contains the common Meal Moth, so called because in the larval state it feeds on meal and allied substances.

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