Definition of Lasiocampa

1. Noun. Type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars.

Exact synonyms: Genus Lasiocampa
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampidae
Member holonyms: Eggar, Egger

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lasiocampa

Lascar
Lascaux
Lasegue
Lasegue's disease
Lasegue's sign
Lasegue's syndrome
Laserdisc
Laserdiscs
Lash's operation
Lashkar
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Lashkar-e-Omar
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba
Lashkar-e-Toiba
Lasiocampa (current term)
Lasiocampidae
Lasiohelea
Lasiurus
Lasiurus borealis
Lasix
Laskar Jihad
Last Day
Last Frontier
Last Judgement

Literary usage of Lasiocampa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the by Francis Walker, John Edward Gray (1865)
"Hind wings cinereous, with a pale brownish border. Length of the body 8 lines; of the wings 17 lines. South Africa. lu Mr. D'Urban's collection. Lasiocampa ..."

2. The Larvæ of the British Butterflies and Moths by William Buckler (1889)
"This was now over its fourth moult, consequently in its fifth coat. (WB, Note Book III, 236.) Lasiocampa QUERCUS. Plate XLVII, fig. 2. On the 8th of June, ..."

3. The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History by Edward Newman (1844)
"Note on the capture of Lasiocampa Trifolii and Agrotis annexa. Mr. Gregson, of Liverpool, captured a male specimen of the former insect on the wing, ..."

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