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Definition of Lasiocampid
1. Noun. Medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae.
Generic synonyms: Moth
Group relationships: Family Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampidae
Specialized synonyms: Eggar, Egger, Malacosoma Disstria, Tent-caterpillar Moth, Lappet, Lappet Moth, Webworm Moth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lasiocampid
| lashingly lashings lashins lashkar lashkars lashless lashlike lashline lashlines lasht | lashup lashups lashwise lasing lasings lasiocampid (current term) lasiocampid moth lask lasket laskets | lasks lasque lasques |
Literary usage of Lasiocampid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indian Forester (1903)
"These characters render it easy to distinguish a lasiocampid moth. ... An example
of one of these lasiocampid defoliators is an insect by name Sumia coii ..."
2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1900)
"The lasiocampid usually lias a dull surface, and any cremaster consists usually
of numerous hairs like a brush ; whilst the ..."
3. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1913)
"... and bark- like coloration, superficially much resembling a lasiocampid like
... lasiocampid^. ..."
4. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1898)
"Mr. S. Stevens exhibited several fine varieties of lasiocampid moths, including
bright ... Mr. Tutt read a paper entitled " The lasiocampid Moths ..."
5. Monograph of the Bombycine Moths of North America: Including Their by Alpheus Spring Packard, Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1905)
"Dyar" states that the warts of lì. mori are "true warts of the typical lasiocampid
pattern." He plaies the family near the ..."
6. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"Considering the size of this group, the larval characters run very evenly, and
it is only in the most specialised species of the lasiocampid stock that any ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"EGGER-MOTH, the name of certain species of lasiocampid moths, allied to the
silkworm moths. Several species are found in European countries. ..."
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