gelechiid

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a small slender-winged moth whose larvae are agricultural pests.

Thesaurus

Noun

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gelechiid - small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests gelechiid moth moth - typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae family Gelechiidae, Gelechiidae - important economic pests Gelechia gossypiella - small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton grain moth - moth whose larvae feed on grain potato moth, potato tuber moth, splitworm, Phthorimaea operculella - greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm