pyralid

Any of numerous usually small long-legged moths of the family Pyralidae, some of which have larvae that damage crops or stored food.

Of or belonging to the family Pyralidae.

A European species, Erastria scitula, introduced into California, whose larva preys on the black scale, Lecanium oleæ.

Resembling a moth of the family Pyralidæ; belonging to this family; pyralideous.

A pyralid moth; any member of the Pyralidæ or Pyralidina.

Also pyralidine.

Any moth of the family Pyralidæ. 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.

Any moth of the family Pyralidae

usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests