GELECHIID

 Dictionary entry overview: What does gelechiid mean? 

• GELECHIID (noun)
  The noun GELECHIID has 1 sense:

1. small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests

  Familiarity information: GELECHIID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GELECHIID (noun)

Meaning:

Small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

gelechiid; gelechiid moth

Hypernyms ("gelechiid" is a kind of...):

moth (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gelechiid"):

Gelechia gossypiella (small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton)

grain moth (moth whose larvae feed on grain)

Phthorimaea operculella; potato moth; potato tuber moth; splitworm (greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm)

Holonyms ("gelechiid" is a member of...):

family Gelechiidae; Gelechiidae (important economic pests)