pyralid

noun

py·​ral·​id pī-ˈra-ləd 

: any of a very large heterogeneous family (Pyralidae) of mostly small slender long-legged moths

pyralid adjective

Word History

Etymology

ultimately from Latin pyralis, fly fabled as living in fire, from Greek, from pyr fire

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above