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Meal Moth
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Meal Moth 

(Pyralis farinalis), a moth of the family Pyralididae, a dangerous pest of grain, seed, food products, and forage. The wingspread is up to 30 mm. The anterior wings are lilacbrown at their base and tip and have a wide, ash-yellow stripe running along the middle; the posterior wings are dark gray, with sinuate lines
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