meal moth
noun
variants: or
meal snout moth
Definition of meal moth
: any of several small widely distributed moths (as the Indian meal moth or the Mediterranean flour moth) having larvae that feed in milled and stored grain products; especially : a small golden brown moth (Pyralis farinalis) with dark and whitish markings
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