Definition of Ephestia elutella

1. Noun. Small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products.

Exact synonyms: Cacao Moth, Tobacco Moth
Generic synonyms: Pyralid, Pyralid Moth
Group relationships: Ephestia, Genus Ephestia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ephestia Elutella

Eperythrozoon coccoides
Eperythrozoon ovis
Eperythrozoon suis
Eperythrozoon wenyoni
Eph.
Ephedra sinica
Ephedraceae
Ephemerida
Ephemeridae
Ephemeroptera
Ephes.
Ephesan
Ephesian
Ephesians
Ephestia
Ephestia elutella (current term)
Ephesus
Ephippidae
Ephippiorhynchus
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Ephraim
Ephthalite
Ephthalites
EpiP serine protease
EpiPen
Epictetian
Epictetus
Epicurean
Epicureanism
Epicureans

Literary usage of Ephestia elutella

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Larvæ of the British Butterflies and Moths by William Buckler (1901)
"Ephestia elutella.. Plate CLVI, fig. 5. A few eggs were received from Mr. Barrett on the 20th of October, 1874. The egg is a roundish oval in shape, ..."

2. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1888)
"... Mr. WF Kirby had bred six males and one female from Ephestia elutella, Herr Brischke obtained a male from Dioryctria ..."

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