GENUS SITOTROGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sitotroga mean? 

• GENUS SITOTROGA (noun)
  The noun GENUS SITOTROGA has 1 sense:

1. grain moths

  Familiarity information: GENUS SITOTROGA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SITOTROGA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grain moths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sitotroga; Sitotroga

Hypernyms ("genus Sitotroga" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sitotroga"):

angoumois grain moth; angoumois moth; Sitotroga cerealella (small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains)

Holonyms ("genus Sitotroga" is a member of...):

family Gelechiidae; Gelechiidae (important economic pests)