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

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any moth of the family Pyralidae

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pyralid \Pyr"a*lid\, n. [L. pyralis, -idis, a kind of winged insect.] (Zo["o]l.) Any moth of the family Pyralid[ae] . 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.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests [syn: pyralid moth ]