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Indian meal moth

Indian meal moth noun: plodia interpunctella, a species of moth that feeds on dried foodstuffs and feedstuffs, especially meal, flour, nuts, and fruit.

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Noun

Indian meal moth (plural Indian meal moths)

  1. Plodia interpunctella, a species of moth that feeds on dried foodstuffs and feedstuffs, especially meal, flour, nuts, and fruit.
    Synonyms:
    pantry moth, mealworm moth, weevil moth

Indian meal moth meaning in Tamil

Indian meal moth in Tamil

இந்திய தானிய அந்துப்பூச்சி

Synonyms of Indian meal moth

Forms of Indian meal moth

pluralIndian meal moths
alternative formIndianmeal moth
alternative formIndian-meal moth

Questions about Indian meal moth

What does Indian meal moth mean?
Indian meal moth means plodia interpunctella, a species of moth that feeds on dried foodstuffs and feedstuffs, especially meal, flour, nuts, and fruit.
What is Indian meal moth in Tamil?
Indian meal moth in Tamil is இந்திய தானிய அந்துப்பூச்சி. See Indian meal moth meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Indian meal moth?
Indian meal moth is a noun.
What is the plural of Indian meal moth?
The plural of Indian meal moth is Indian meal moths.

Words near Indian meal moth in the dictionary

  1. Indian mahoganies
  2. Indian mahogany
  3. Indian mallow
  4. Indian marking-nut tree
  5. Indian meal
  6. Indian meal moth
  7. Indian meal moths
  8. Indian millet
  9. Indian millets
  10. Indian Mills
  11. Indian mulberries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Indian meal moth (page history and authors); indian meal moth (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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