CADRA CAUTELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cadra cautella mean? 

• CADRA CAUTELLA (noun)
  The noun CADRA CAUTELLA has 1 sense:

1. a moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin

  Familiarity information: CADRA CAUTELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CADRA CAUTELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

almond moth; Cadra cautella; fig moth

Hypernyms ("Cadra cautella" is a kind of...):

pyralid; pyralid moth (usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests)

Holonyms ("Cadra cautella" is a member of...):

Cadra; genus Cadra (a genus of Pyralidae)