| bee moth |
a moth that lays its eggs in beehives, the wax of which provides food for the moth larvae. |
| cankerworm |
any of several moth larvae that feed on fruit and foliage often destroying fruit and shade trees. |
| caterpillar |
a butterfly or moth larva, resembling a worm and often brightly colored. [1/2 definitions] |
| cecropia moth |
(sometimes cap.) a very large North American moth that has wide brown wings with crescent-shaped red and black markings. |
| chrysalid |
the pupa of a moth or butterfly; chrysalis. [1/2 definitions] |
| chrysalis |
a hard shell or cocoon encasing a moth or butterfly in the pupal stage; pupa. |
| cocoon |
a fibrous covering produced by immature insects, such as butterfly and moth larvae, to protect them during metamorphosis, or by some spiders to hide their eggs. [1/2 definitions] |
| codling moth |
a small moth, found nearly worldwide, whose larvae feed on apples, pears, and the like. |
| corn borer |
a moth larva that is highly destructive to corn and other plants. |
| death's head moth |
a large European hawk moth that has markings on its back resembling a human skull. |
| geometrid |
a moth of this family. [1/2 definitions] |
| gypsy moth |
a moth having as its larva a hairy caterpillar that is extremely destructive to foliage. |
| hawk moth |
any of various moths with a thick body, long, slender wings, and a long feeding tube used for sipping nectar from flowers while in flight; sphinx moth. |
| inchworm |
a wormlike moth larva that alternately arches and stretches its body as it moves. |
| io moth |
a large North American moth with prominent eyespots on each hind wing. |
| jumping bean |
the seed of certain Mexican plants of the spurge family, which contains the larva of a small moth whose movements cause the seed to roll and jump. |
| lepidopteran |
a moth or butterfly. |
| luna moth |
a large pale-green North American moth with a crescent-shaped spot on each wing and long tail-like projections on the hind wings. |
| moth |
the clothes moth, which lays its eggs in fur or cloth, esp. wool, on which its growing larvae feed. [1/2 definitions] |
| moth-eaten |
eaten full of holes by or as if by moth larvae. [1/3 definitions] |
| mothproof |
not susceptible to damage caused by moth larvae. [2 definitions] |