gelechiid

gelechiid
/jeuh lek"ee id/, n.
1. any of numerous small moths of the family Gelechiidae, including many crop pests, as the Angoumois grain moth and potato tuberworm.
adj.
2. belonging or pertaining to the gelechiids.
[ < NL Gelechiidae name of the family, equiv. to Gelechi(a) name of the genus ( < Gk gelechés sleeping on earth; see -IA) + -idae -ID2]

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