"flour moth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flour moths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flour moth (plural flour moths)
  1. Any of several small moths of the Pyralidae family whose larvae feed on flour.
    (Pyralis farinalis), a cosmopolitan pyralid moth whose larvae are pests on milled plant products.
    Wikidata QID: Q505182 Synonyms: mealmoth, meal moth
    Sense id: en-flour_moth-en-noun-en:Q505182__Q779383__Q1130463__or_similar
  2. Any of several small moths of the Pyralidae family whose larvae feed on flour.
    The Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella).
    Wikidata QID: Q779383 Synonyms: mealmoth, meal moth
    Sense id: en-flour_moth-en-noun-en:Q505182__Q779383__Q1130463__or_similar1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Pyraloid moths Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 42 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 53 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 44 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 45 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 52 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 51 33 Disambiguation of Pyraloid moths: 25 46 29
  3. Any of several small moths of the Pyralidae family whose larvae feed on flour.
    The Mediterranean flour moth or Indian flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella).
    Wikidata QID: Q1130463 Synonyms: mealmoth, meal moth
    Sense id: en-flour_moth-en-noun-en:Q505182__Q779383__Q1130463__or_similar1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (flour-feeding moth of the family Pyralidae): koisa (Finnish), omacnica spichrzanka [feminine] (Polish), mklik rodzynkowiec [masculine] (Polish), mól spożywczy [masculine] (Polish), mól kuchenny [masculine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'flour-feeding moth of the family Pyralidae': 34 33 33

Inflected forms

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