Definition of Meal moth. Meaning of Meal moth. Synonyms of Meal moth

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Definition of Meal moth

Meal moth
Meal Meal, n. [OE. mele, AS. melu, melo; akin to D. meel, G. mehl, OHG. melo, Icel. mj["o]l, SW. mj["o]l, Dan. meel, also to D. malen to grind, G. mahlen, OHG., OS., & Goth. malan, Icel. mala, W. malu, L. molere, Gr. my`lh mill, and E. mill. [root]108. Cf. Mill, Mold soil, Mole an animal, Immolate, Molar.] 1. Grain (esp. maize, rye, or oats) that is coarsely ground and unbolted; also, a kind of flour made from beans, pease, etc.; sometimes, any flour, esp. if coarse. 2. Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated. Meal beetle (Zo["o]l.), the adult of the meal worm. See Meal worm, below. Meal moth (Zo["o]l.), a lepidopterous insect (Asopia farinalis), the larv[ae] of which feed upon meal, flour, etc. Meal worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a beetle (Tenebrio molitor) which infests granaries, bakehouses, etc., and is very injurious to flour and meal.

Meaning of Meal moth from wikipedia

- The Indianmeal moth (Plodia interpunctella), also spelled Indian meal moth and Indian-meal moth, is a pyraloid moth of the family Pyralidae. Alternative...
- Pyralis farinalis, the meal moth, is a cosmopolitan moth of the family Pyralidae. Its larvae (caterpillars) are pests of certain stored foods, namely...
- to the genus Pyralis, and as a result, is usually ****ociated with the meal moth, Pyralis farinalis. Aglossa cuprina ingests grease produced by the bacteria...
- the painted meal moth or poplar pyralis, is a snout moth (family Pyralidae). It is closely related to the family's type species the meal moth (P. farinalis)...
- Pyralis lienigialis, the northern meal moth, is a species of snout moth. It is found in France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Estonia...
- Epipaschiinae) – defoliator pest of ****gany trees (Swietenia); Neotropics. Meal moth (Pyralis farinalis: Pyralinae) – pest of stored grain, flour and other...
- and the stage-dependent transmission of a viral pathogen of the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella". Ecological Entomology. 23 (2): 118–122. Bibcode:1998EcoEn...
- Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella) European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) Indo-Australian coconut spike moth (Tirathaba rufivena) Cacao moth (Ephestia...
- farinalis, a somewhat more distantly related and more robust snout moth, is known as meal moth. Its caterpillars have similar habits. This page is an index...
- Pyralis farinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) meal moth Pyralis manihotalis Guenée, 1854 Pyralis pictalis (Curtis, 1834) painted meal moth Aglossa caprealis (Hübner, 1809)...