Definition of Lasiocampid

1. Noun. Medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae.

Exact synonyms: Lasiocampid Moth
Generic synonyms: Moth
Group relationships: Family Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampidae
Specialized synonyms: Eggar, Egger, Malacosoma Disstria, Tent-caterpillar Moth, Lappet, Lappet Moth, Webworm Moth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lasiocampid

lashingly
lashings
lashins
lashkar
lashkars
lashless
lashlike
lashline
lashlines
lasht
lashup
lashups
lashwise
lasing
lasings
lasiocampid (current term)
lasiocampid moth
lask
lasket
laskets
lasks
lasque
lasques

Literary usage of Lasiocampid

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

1. The Indian Forester (1903)
"These characters render it easy to distinguish a lasiocampid moth. ... An example of one of these lasiocampid defoliators is an insect by name Sumia coii ..."

2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1900)
"The lasiocampid usually lias a dull surface, and any cremaster consists usually of numerous hairs like a brush ; whilst the ..."

3. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1913)
"... and bark- like coloration, superficially much resembling a lasiocampid like ... lasiocampid^. ..."

4. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1898)
"Mr. S. Stevens exhibited several fine varieties of lasiocampid moths, including bright ... Mr. Tutt read a paper entitled " The lasiocampid Moths ..."

5. Monograph of the Bombycine Moths of North America: Including Their by Alpheus Spring Packard, Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1905)
"Dyar" states that the warts of lì. mori are "true warts of the typical lasiocampid pattern." He plaies the family near the ..."

6. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"Considering the size of this group, the larval characters run very evenly, and it is only in the most specialised species of the lasiocampid stock that any ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"EGGER-MOTH, the name of certain species of lasiocampid moths, allied to the silkworm moths. Several species are found in European countries. ..."

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