flour moth

British

noun

a pyralid moth, Ephestia Kuehniella , the larvae of which are an important pest of flour mills and granaries

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The genes used as insecticides in transgenic corn crops come originally from a bacteria species found in a flour moth of the sort that often invades kitchen cabinets.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2018

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