Definition of Pyralidae

1. Noun. Bee moths; corn borers; flour moths.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyralidae

Pygopodidae
Pygopus
Pygoscelis
Pygoscelis adeliae
Pyhrric
Pylodictus
Pylodictus olivaris
Pylos
Pynchon
Pynchonesque
Pyongyang
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Pyralidae (current term)
Pyralididae
Pyralis
Pyramid
Pyramids
Pyrausta
Pyrausta nubilalis
Pyrenean
Pyrenees
Pyrenees daisy
Pyrenomycetes
Pyrethrum
Pyrex
Pyridium
Pyrocephalus

Literary usage of Pyralidae

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

1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The Pyralidae (figs. 13, 30), a large family with numerous divisions, have entire wings, and their pupae are í x\; ^ /> K.-SA* ^ m After ..."

2. Rice-feeding Insects of Tropical Asia by Barclay M. Shepard, A. T. Barrion, J. A. Litsinger (1995)
"... (Walker) Lepidoptera: Pyralidae The grass webworm is a moth that occurs in upland and well-drained rainfed lowland fields, but is generally uncommon. ..."

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