old tussock moth

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• Gipsy moth — Gypsy moth Gyp sy moth, or Gipsy moth Gip sy moth . A tussock moth ({Lymantria dispar} or {Porthetria dispar} or {Ocneria dispar}) native of the Old World, but accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869, where its caterpillars… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Gypsy moth — Gyp sy moth, or Gipsy moth Gip sy moth . A tussock moth ({Lymantria dispar} or {Porthetria dispar} or {Ocneria dispar}) native of the Old World, but accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869, where its caterpillars have done… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• gypsy moth — noun Date: 1819 an Old World tussock moth (Lymantria dispar) that was introduced about 1869 into the United States and has a grayish brown mottled hairy caterpillar which is a destructive defoliator of many trees …   New Collegiate 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

• Orgyia pseudotsugata — Adult male Adu …   Wikipedia

• Lymantriidae — Taxobox name = Lymantriidae image width = 240px image caption = Caterpillar of the pale tussock moth, Calliteara pudibunda Coin is c.2 cm across. regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera subordo = Ditrysia… …   Wikipedia

• List of Lepidoptera that feed on ashes — Ashes ( Fraxinus spp.) are used as food plants by the larvae (caterpillars) of a number of Lepidoptera species, including the following. (Unless otherwise stated, records are from the Nearctic region.) Adelidae:* Adela croesella – UK record… …   Wikipedia

• Insect — For the Breed 77 album, see Insects (album). Insect Temporal range: 396–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

• Lymantria dispar — Gypsy moth Gyp sy moth, or Gipsy moth Gip sy moth . A tussock moth ({Lymantria dispar} or {Porthetria dispar} or {Ocneria dispar}) native of the Old World, but accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869, where its caterpillars… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ocneria dispar — Gypsy moth Gyp sy moth, or Gipsy moth Gip sy moth . A tussock moth ({Lymantria dispar} or {Porthetria dispar} or {Ocneria dispar}) native of the Old World, but accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869, where its caterpillars… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Porthetria dispar — Gypsy moth Gyp sy moth, or Gipsy moth Gip sy moth . A tussock moth ({Lymantria dispar} or {Porthetria dispar} or {Ocneria dispar}) native of the Old World, but accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869, where its caterpillars… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English