pə̇ˈrȯstə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pyraustēs moth that gets singed in fire, from pyr- + -austēs (from auein to get a light, start a fire)
: a genus (the type of the family Pyraustidae) of inconspicuously colored moths with larvae that feed on foliage or bore in the stems of plants — see corn borer