HyperDic: arctiid_moth

English > 1 sense of the expression arctiid moth:
NOUNanimalarctiid moth, arctiidstout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings
English > arctiid moth: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningstout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars.
Synonymarctiid
Member ofArctiidae, family Arctiidaetiger moths
Narrowercinnabar, cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeaelarge red-and-black European moth
tiger mothmedium-sized moth with long richly colored and intricately patterned wings
Broadermothtypically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae

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