Definition of Lappet moth

1. Noun. Medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars.

Exact synonyms: Lappet
Generic synonyms: Lasiocampid, Lasiocampid Moth

Definition of Lappet moth

1. Noun. (entomology) An eggar. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lappet Moth

lapmarks
laponite
laponites
lappa
lappaceous
lappas
lapped
lappel
lappels
lapper
lappered
lappering
lappers
lappet
lappet caterpillar
lappet moth (current term)
lappet moths
lappeted
lappets
lappie
lappies
lapping
lappings
lapps
lappy
laps
lapsable
lapsang
lapsangs
lapsarian

Literary usage of Lappet moth

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

1. The Natural History of British Moths, Sphinxes, &c.: Illustrated by Thirty by James Duncan (1836)
"... in most parts of England, particularly in marshy situations, to which it seems to he partial. It occurs much less frequently in Scotland. LAPPET-MOTH. ..."

2. The Illustrated Magazine of Art (1854)
"The body is spotted or banded with rose colour and black. The feathered structure of the antennae is also observable in the male of the lappet moth ..."

3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1904)
"THE LIFE STORY OE THE lappet moth By JOHN J. WARD THE lappet moth is one of the ... The mother lappet moth, about July or early August, selects suitable ..."

4. A Treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris (1880)
"The moth produced from it was supposed by Sir JE Smith * to be the same as the European Ilicifolia, or holly-leaved lappet-moth, from which, however, ..."

5. A Report on the Insects of Massachusetts, Injurious to Vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris (1841)
"... the American lappet-moth. Were it not for its regular shape, it might, when at rest, very easily be mistaken for a dry, brown, and crumpled leaf. ..."

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