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Definition of Genus Lasiocampa
1. Noun. Type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampidae
Member holonyms: Eggar, Egger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lasiocampa
Literary usage of Genus Lasiocampa
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)
"It is longer, narrower, and with a thicker shell than the pupa; of the genus
Lasiocampa, and rests in a large, long, soft, and semitransparent silken cocoon ..."
2. Papilio by New York Entomological Club (1881)
"... L. Hut, as formerly understood, the genus Lasiocampa of European authors is
liable to create confusion, including as it did, the genera now separated ..."
3. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1855)
"... Linn —Bidston Light House, and at lamps in West Derby. October and November.
Genus LASIOCAMPA, Steph Li. ..."
4. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1856)
"Genus LASIOCAMPA, Steph L. Rubi, Linn.—Common on heaths and waste lands. May. L.
Quercus, Schr.—Plentiful at the same places as Rubi. June and July. ..."
5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization: Arranged in by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1832)
"These species form the genus LASIOCAMPA J. The species in which the lower palpi
do not jut out sensibly, compose the subgenus * Authors mention but four: ..."