What is "pyralid"

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.

n. Any moth of the family Pyralidae

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