Definition of Family Gelechiidae

1. Noun. Important economic pests.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Gelechiidae

family Fregatidae
family Fringillidae
family Fucaceae
family Fulgoridae
family Fumariaceae
family Funkaceae
family Furnariidae
family Gadidae
family Galbulidae
family Gasterophilidae
family Gasterosteidae
family Gavialidae
family Gavidae
family Geastraceae
family Gekkonidae
family Gelechiidae (current term)
family Gempylidae
family Gentianaceae
family Geoglossaceae
family Geometridae
family Geomyidae
family Geophilidae
family Geraniaceae
family Gerreidae
family Gerridae
family Gerrididae
family Gesneriaceae
family Gigartinaceae
family Ginkgoaceae
family Giraffidae

Literary usage of Family Gelechiidae

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

1. The Moth Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Moths of North America by William Jacob Holland (1903)
"A Revision of the American Moths of the family Gelechiidae with Descriptions of New Species. (Proc. US Nat. Mus., Vol. XXV, pp. 767-938. ..."

2. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"family Gelechiidae.—Some of the small insects which compose this group are leaf-miners; others feed on buds and others skeletonize leaves or attack plants ..."

3. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"—Photo by Bremmer Potato Tuber Moth Phthorimaea operculella Zeller (Family Gelechiidae) General Appearance The larvae vary from white to slightly pink—the ..."

4. A Sketch of the Natural History of the District of Columbia Together with an by Waldo Lee McAtee (1918)
"A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species. Proc. US Nat. Mus. 25, pp. 767-938, Pis. 28-, May 9, 1903. ..."

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