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Mediterranean flour moth

–noun
a small cosmopolitan moth, Anagasta kuehniella, whose larvae damage stored foodstuffs, as grain and flour.

Origin:
1890–95, Americanism
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Mediterranean flour moth  
n.  A small, pale gray moth (Anagasta kuehniella) now found worldwide, the larvae of which destroy flour and other stored grain products.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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