Definition of Polyphemus moth

1. Noun. Very large yellowish-brown American silkworm moth with large eyespots on hind wings; larvae feed on fruit and shade trees.

Exact synonyms: Antheraea Polyphemus
Generic synonyms: Saturniid, Saturniid Moth
Group relationships: Antheraea, Genus Antheraea

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyphemus Moth

polyphagies
polyphagous
polyphagy
polyphalangism
polypharmacal
polypharmaceutical
polypharmaceuticals
polypharmacist
polypharmacists
polypharmacy
polyphase
polyphase circuit
polyphasic
polyphemus
polyphemus moth (current term)
polyphene
polyphenes
polyphenic
polyphenic gene
polyphenism
polyphenol
polyphenol oxidase
polyphenolic
polyphenolics
polyphenols
polyphenotypic
polyphenyl
polyphenylalanine
polyphenylene

Literary usage of Polyphemus moth

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

1. Among the Moths and Butterflies: A Revised and Enlarged Edition of "Insect by Julia Perkins Ballard (1890)
"... further exit— another shiver, another waiting, and in an hour and a half out came a beautiful (but still limp and contracted) polyphemus moth (Fig. 24). ..."

2. Class Book of Economic Entomology: With Special Reference to the Economic by William Lochhead (1919)
"(polyphemus moth). CC. With eye-like spots on hind wings only; ground color of wings of female purplish-red; that of male bright yellow; larva yellowish- ..."

3. Tenants of an Old Farm: Leaves from the Note-book of a Naturalist by Henry Christopher McCook (1902)
"This is the cocoon of the polyphemus moth (Fig. 13c). You observe how snugly the leaves have been tucked around it. Tear them away and there appears a ..."

4. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1883)
"THE polyphemus moth—Telea Polyphemus. The caterpillar of this insect is also ... polyphemus moth ..."

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