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Definition of Acherontia
1. Noun. Death's-head moth.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Sphingidae, Sphingidae
Member holonyms: Acherontia Atropos, Death's-head Moth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acherontia
Literary usage of Acherontia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1898)
"... Mr. Saxby, Acherontia atropos and Smerinthus populi; Mr. Moss, preserved
larvae; Mr. Johnson, an excellent series of varieties of Arctia caia, ..."
2. Transactions by Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society (1851)
"Observations, Sfc., on the Death's-head Moth (Acherontia atropos). Bv MR.
WILLIAM NOYE, ASSOCIATE OP THE SOCIETY. >HE Death's-head moth, ..."
3. The Larvæ of the British Butterflies and Moths by William Buckler (1887)
"... strong spine ending in two little hooks ; the skin is finely granulated; the
colour a warm dark brown with a tinge of red. (JH, 28, 10, 86.) Acherontia ..."
4. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"ELIZABETH MILLER, Chelmsford. September 10th, 1900. Acherontia ... A few days
since, I received a full-grown larva of Acherontia ..."
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