Search Result for "angoumois_moth":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains;
[syn: angoumois moth, angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Angoumois moth \An`gou`mois" moth"\ (?; 115). [So named from Angoumois in France.] (Zool.) A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

angoumois moth n 1: small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains [syn: angoumois moth, angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella]