ˌpirəˈlidəˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Pyralid-, Pyralis, type genus + -idae
1. : a family of moths comprising a vast and heterogeneous assemblage of small or medium-sized plainly colored slender-bodied and long-legged moths in which the costal vein of the hind wing approaches close to or unites with the subcostal vein near the middle of the wing
2. in some classifications : a small family of moths comprising typical members of the superfamily Pyralidoidea