angoumois grain moth

noun

an·​gou·​mois grain moth

variants or less commonly angoumois moth

¦änˌgüm¦wä-

often capitalized A

: a small tineid moth (Sitotroga cerealella) of which the larva is a destructive pest of stored grain feeding in the interior of the kernels of various cereals

Word History

Etymology

from Angoumois, former province of France

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above

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