Pyralid

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pyralid \Pyr"a*lid\, n. [L. pyralis, -idis, a kind of winged
     insect.] (Zool.)
     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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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