螟虫ずいむし

noun

pyralid larva; borer

Entomological term for the larva of a pyralid moth, especially one that bores into plant stems. The reading めいちゅう is restricted to the kanji 螟虫 and is less common.

See also: メイガ

• 稲いねの茎くきに螟虫ずいむしが入はいり込こんでいた。

  A borer had gotten into the rice stem.

• このずいむしは螟めい蛾がの幼よう虫ちゅうです。

  This borer is the larva of a pyralid moth.