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moth

Noun

Typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae (synset 102285853)
is a type of: lepidopteran, lepidopteron, lepidopterous insect - insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
subtypes:
- miller, moth miller - any of various moths that have powdery wings
- tortricid, tortricid moth - any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls
- lymantriid, tussock moth - dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees
- geometrid, geometrid moth - slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms
- pyralid, pyralid moth - usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests
- tineoid, tineoid moth - small dull-colored moth with chewing mouthparts
- gelechiid, gelechiid moth - small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests
- noctuid, noctuid moth, owlet moth - usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests
- hawk moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth - any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed
- bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth - moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk
- saturniid, saturniid moth - large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons
- arctiid, arctiid moth - stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars
- lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth - medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae
- malacosoma americana, tent-caterpillar moth - moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars

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