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Definition of Lasiocampidae
1. Noun. Tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Lepidoptera, Order Lepidoptera
Member holonyms: Lasiocampid, Lasiocampid Moth, Genus Lasiocampa, Lasiocampa, Genus Malacosoma, Malacosoma, Lappet Caterpillar, Webworm, Genus Hyphantria, Hyphantria, Genus Loxostege, Loxostege
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lasiocampidae
Literary usage of Lasiocampidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"... resembles Dimorpha in markings, and which some authors have supposed to be
allied with it, is proved by its tufted larva to belong to the Lasiocampidae ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... hard shell-like covering of the eggars (Lasiocampidae). Frequently foreign
substances arc worked up with the silk and serve to strengthen the cocoon, ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"Some are coloured and mottled somewhat after the fashion of birds'-eggs : this
is the case with some eggs of Lasiocampidae and ..."
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