Definition of Pyralid. Meaning of Pyralid. Synonyms of Pyralid

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Definition of Pyralid

Pyralid
Pyralid Pyr"a*lid, n. [L. pyralis, -idis, a kind of winged insect.] (Zo["o]l.) Any moth of the family Pyralid[ae]. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth, meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth.

Meaning of Pyralid from wikipedia

- The Pyraloidea (pyraloid moths or snout moths) are a moth superfamily containing about 16,000 described species worldwide, and probably at least as many...
- The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or gr**** moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many...
- inhabiting the bodies of organisms rather than the environment. Coprophagous pyralid moth species, called sloth moths, such as Bradipodicola hahneli and Cryptoses...
- avoid the harmful moths, but similarly avoid other species such as some pyralid moths that produce such warning sounds as well. Acoustic mimicry complexes...
- Acrobasis exsulella, the cordovan pyralid moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Acrobasis. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848...
- Bookworm is a general name for any insect that is said to bore through books. The damage to books that is commonly attributed to "bookworms" is often caused...
- Palpita nigropunctalis, the lilac pyralid, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in eastern Asia, including China (Hebei, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang...
- Crambus daeckellus, or Daecke's pyralid moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Frank Haimbach in 1907. It is found in North America...
- Ortholepis pasadamia, the striped birch pyralid moth or paper birch leaftier, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar...
- many years at the British Museum (Natural History) and was an expert on Pyralid moths. Jacobs was born in Leytonstone on 11 November 1896. His parents...