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Polytela gloriosae, the Indian lily moth or lily caterpillar, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781. [ 1 ] It is found in Sri Lanka , [ 2 ] India and probably in Indonesia .
At that time most moths were included in a single genus "Phalaena", but Tinea was already recognized as a distinct subgenus. Some later researchers who studied this moth erroneously believed they had discovered populations formerly unknown to science and described them as new species, but today these are all included within T. pellionella.
Pages riddled with bookworm damage on Errata Traces of a bookworm in a book A bookworm / beetle grub found inside a paperback book, showing some of the damage it has wrought Bookworm is a general name for any insect that is said to bore through books .
In fact, many moth species are best known in their caterpillar stages because of the damage they cause to fruits and other agricultural produce, whereas the moths are obscure and do no direct harm. Conversely, various species of caterpillar are valued as sources of silk, as human or animal food, or for biological control of pest plants.
Pyralis farinalis, the meal moth, is a cosmopolitan moth of the family Pyralidae. Its larvae ( caterpillars ) are pests of certain stored foods, namely milled plant products. It is the type species of the genus Pyralis , and by extension of its entire tribe ( Pyralini ), subfamily ( Pyralinae ) and family.
Tinea is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Tineinae . As evident by its name, it is the type genus of its subfamily and family.
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Cremaster of pupa of the oak owl moth, Griposia aprilina cremaster A general term for a structure by which an object hangs (from Greek language kremastos, meaning "hung up"); for example in entomology: in some Lepidoptera, including most butterflies, the pupa attaches to a surface by the cremaster, a structure at the tip of the pupal abdomen.