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Flying Nocturnal Insect Crossword Clue

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noun

• usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests

50%12Nocturnal flying insect
noun

• insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales

46%8 A nocturnal flying insect
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