pyralid
/ˈpɪrəlɪd/noun
- Entomology an insect of a family (Pyralidae) of small delicate moths with narrow forewings. The larvae of many species are pests of stored foodstuffs.【昆】螟蛾。
词源
late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Pyralidae (plural), based on Greek puralis, denoting a mythical fly said to live in fire.