Definition of Lasiocampidae

1. Noun. Tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Lasiocampidae

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
Lasiocampidae (current term)
Lasiohelea
Lasiurus
Lasiurus borealis
Lasix
Laskar Jihad
Last Day
Last Frontier
Last Judgement
Last Judgment

Literary usage of Lasiocampidae

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

1. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"... resembles Dimorpha in markings, and which some authors have supposed to be allied with it, is proved by its tufted larva to belong to the Lasiocampidae ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... hard shell-like covering of the eggars (Lasiocampidae). Frequently foreign substances arc worked up with the silk and serve to strengthen the cocoon, ..."

3. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"Some are coloured and mottled somewhat after the fashion of birds'-eggs : this is the case with some eggs of Lasiocampidae and ..."

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