noun
small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products
• Syn: ↑cacao moth, ↑Ephestia elutella
• Hypernyms: ↑pyralid, ↑pyralid moth
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ephestia, ↑genus Ephestia
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noun : a small brownish gray moth (Ephestia elutella) whose larva feeds in tobacco and other dried plant products — called also cacao moth
Useful english dictionary. 2012.