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Definition of Genus Hyphantria
1. Noun. Fall webworms.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampidae
Member holonyms: Hyphantria Cunea, Fall Webworm, Hyphantria Cunea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hyphantria
Literary usage of Genus Hyphantria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Moth Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Moths of North America by William Jacob Holland (1903)
"Genus HYPHANTRIA Harris This small genus contains only three or four species,
one of which is South African. (i) Hyphantria cunea Drury. ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1899)
"It has since been discovered that there are slight structural differences of the
hind tibiae between insects of the genus Hyphantria and insects of the ..."
3. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1899)
"... bat for which he subsequently erected the genus Hyphantria, putting also in
it the Many-Spotted Ermine Moth of the South, originally described under the ..."
4. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1902)
"... but for which he subsequently erected the genus Hyphantria, putting also in
it the Many-Spotted Ermine Moth of the South, originally described under the ..."
5. Insect Life by Division of Entomology, United States Bureau of Entomology (1893)
"An unknown Lepidopterous larva, one of the genus Hyphantria, was injurious to
apple and some other trees at Omaha, Nebr., and Brown- wood, Tex. ..."