| 单词 | honey moth |
| 释义 | > as lemmashoney moth honey moth n. either of the two wax moths, Achroia grisella and Galleria mellonella (family Pyralidae), both cosmopolitan pests of beehives.Cf. honeycomb moth n. at honeycomb n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Tineidae > member of genus Galleria (honey-moth) honeycomb moth1758 honey moth1798 hive-moth1931 1798 J. Ebers New & Compl. Dict. German & Eng. Lang. II. 207/1 Honiglecker, der, a Honey-Moth or Tiny. 1855 M. Gatty Parables 23 The mischievous honey-moth has laid her eggs in our combs. 1913 Jrnl. New York Entomol. Soc. 21 174 Mr. Grossbeck exhibited specimens of..the wax moth or honey moth. 1996 T. Scott tr. F. W. Stöcker & L. G. Dietrich Conc. Encycl. Biol. 1263/2 The Honey moth or Lesser wax moth..occurs worldwide. < as lemmas |
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