carpenter moth

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• carpenter moth — noun : the adult of the carpenterworm or a related moth (family Cossidae) called also goat moth * * * carpenter moth, a large moth whose larvae burrow in the solid wood of deciduous trees …   Useful english dictionary

• carpenter moth — ▪ insect       any member of a group of insects in the moth and butterfly order, Lepidoptera, whose pale, nearly hairless larvae bore in wood or pithy stems and can be highly destructive. The larvae live one to three years. Adults have vestigial… …   Universalium

• goat moth — noun Etymology: so called from the fact that its larva exhales an odor suggestive of a he goat : any of the large stout bodied moths of the family Cossidae; especially : a European moth (Cossus cossus) whose larva bores in the wood of living… …   Useful english dictionary

• carpenterworm moth — any moth of the family Cossidae, as Prionoxystus robiniae of the U.S. and southern Canada, whose larvae bore into the trunks and branches of oaks, locusts, and other trees. Also called carpenter moth. * * * …   Universalium

• carpenterworm moth — any moth of the family Cossidae, as Prionoxystus robiniae of the U.S. and southern Canada, whose larvae bore into the trunks and branches of oaks, locusts, and other trees. Also called carpenter moth …   Useful english dictionary

• poplar goat moth — noun : a large gray and black carpenter moth (Acossus centerensis) whose larva bores in poplar trees …   Useful english dictionary

• pecan carpenter worm — noun : a worm that is the larva of a cossid moth (Cossula magnifica) and that bores in the twigs, branches, and trunk of pecan, oak, and hickory …   Useful english dictionary

• lepidopteran — /lep i dop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. lepidopterous. n. 2. a lepidopterous insect. [1850 55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any of the more than 100,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: scaly wing ): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The… …   Universalium

• car|pen|ter|worm — «KAHR puhn tuhr WURM», noun. the larva of the carpenter moth …   Useful english dictionary

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