arctiid

Noun
  • Stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings
    Larvae are hairy caterpillars (synset 102308059)
    hypernym: moth - typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae
    hyponym:
    • tiger moth - medium-sized moth with long richly colored and intricately patterned wings; larvae are called woolly bears
    • callimorpha jacobeae, cinnabar, cinnabar moth - large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
    member meronym: arctiidae, family arctiidae - tiger moths
    synonym: arctiid moth

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