"Pyralid" is a word in ENGLISH

álung v [A2; b6] be attracted to go near s.t. Ang dinagku-tan nga kandílà gialúngan sa mga anunugba, The moths …

A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior …

A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. …

anunugba (from sugba) n moth that gathers around a light at night. v [B1256] be, become a moth.

anunúgba - A white-winged moth. (cf. subásúba, sugbásúgba). anwáng, Buffalo. (cf. kárbaw, karabáw).

An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.

In the civil law. A moth-er’s brother. 2 Bl. Comm. 230. Avunculus magnus, a great-uncle. Avunculus major, a great-graudmother’s brother. …

In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.

The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing …

A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm.

Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.

The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and …

A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend …

dakyup v [A; b6] {1} for things that fly to swarm, fly around close to s.t. Ang anunugba mudakyup sa …

The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm.

Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.

Any moth of the genus Polypogon.

One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing principle, as a moth to an orchid.

The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of the cranberry, so that the vines look as …

A moth of the family Lithosidae; -- so called from its livery-like colors.