HyperDic: cinnabar_moth

English > 1 sense of the expression cinnabar moth:
NOUNanimalcinnabar moth, cinnabar, Callimorpha jacobeaelarge red-and-black European moth
English > cinnabar moth: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort.
Synonymscinnabar, Callimorpha jacobeae
Member ofCallimorpha, genus Callimorphacinnabar moths
Broaderarctiid, arctiid mothstout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings

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