pyralid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests
    pyralid moth.

WordNet

Pyr"a*lid noun
Etymology
L. pyralis, -idis, a kind of winged insect.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any moth of the family Pyralidæ. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth, meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth.

Webster 1913