"flour moth" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: flour moths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flour moth (plural flour moths)
  1. Any one of several small moths of the Pyralidae family whose larvae feed on flour Wikipedia link: flour moth Categories (lifeform): Pyraloid moths Hyponyms: Indian meal moth (taxonomic: Plodia interpunctella), Mediterranean flour moth, Indian flour moth (taxonomic: Ephestia kuehniella), meal moth (taxonomic: Pyralis farinalis) Translations (flour-feeding moth of the family Pyralidae): koisa (Finnish)

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