"Indian meal moth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Indian meal moths [plural], Indianmeal moth [alternative], Indian-meal moth [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Indian meal moth}} Indian meal moth (plural Indian meal moths)
  1. Plodia interpunctella, a species of moth that feeds on dried foodstuffs and feedstuffs, especially meal, flour, nuts, and fruit. Synonyms: pantry moth, mealworm moth, weevil moth Hypernyms: mealmoth, meal moth, flour moth[Appendix:Glossary, moth, insect, arthropod, invertebrate, animal, creature, critter Related terms: mealworm Translations (Plodia interpunctella): keittiökoisa (Finnish), omacnica spichrzanka [feminine] (Polish), mklik rodzynkowiec [masculine] (Polish), mól spożywczy [masculine] (Polish), mól kuchenny [masculine] (Polish), ю́жная амба́рная огнёвка (júžnaja ambárnaja ognjóvka) [feminine] (Russian), инди́йская моль (indíjskaja molʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ю́жная огнёвка (júžnaja ognjóvka) [feminine] (Russian), амба́рная огнёвка (ambárnaja ognjóvka) [feminine] (Russian)

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