genus ephestia

English Thesaurus

1. small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	cacao moth, ephestia elutella, tobacco moth,
definition	:	small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family pyralidae, family pyralididae, pyralidae, pyralididae,
definition	:	bee moths; corn borers; flour moths (noun.animal)