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Definition of Tent-caterpillar moth
1. Noun. Moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets.
Generic synonyms: Lasiocampid, Lasiocampid Moth
Group relationships: Genus Malacosoma, Malacosoma
2. Noun. Moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars.
Generic synonyms: Moth
Group relationships: Genus Malacosoma, Malacosoma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tent-caterpillar Moth
Literary usage of Tent-caterpillar moth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The American Tent-Caterpillar Moth, C. americana, Harr., expands from an inch
... Tent-Caterpillar Moth, C. &o J The caterpillars of this species abound in ..."
2. Interesting Neighbors by Oliver Peebles Jenkins (1922)
"STORY OF THE TENT-CATERPILLAR The tent-caterpillar moth lays her eggs in a band
around the oak twig in the summer time. She carefully covers the eggs with a ..."
3. Tenants of an Old Farm: Leaves from the Note-book of a Naturalist by Henry Christopher McCook (1902)
"FEMALE AND MALE OP THE TENT- CATERPILLAR MOTH. "You are thinking of the
tent-caterpillar," I answered, "and an interesting fellow he is, although his habits ..."
4. Tenants of an Old Farm: Leaves from the Note-book of a Naturalist by Henry Christopher McCook (1884)
"FEMALE AND MALE OF THE TENT- CATERPILLAR MOTH. "You are thinking of the
tent-caterpillar," I answered, "and an interesting fellow he is, although his habits ..."
5. Natural History of Animals: Containing Brief Descriptions of the Animals by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"The American Tent-Caterpillar Moth expands an Fig. 282. — Tent-Caterpillar Moth.
Fig. 283. — Cocoon of Fig. ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Another species, often very destructive to the foliage of shade-trees, is the
forest tent-caterpillar moth (C. disstria), whose caterpillars are to be ..."
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