HyperDic: euproctis_phaeorrhoea

English > 1 sense of the expression Euproctis phaeorrhoea:
NOUNanimalEuproctis phaeorrhoea, browntail, brown-tail mothsmall brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States
English > Euproctis phaeorrhoea: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees.
Synonymsbrowntail, brown-tail moth
Member ofEuproctis, genus EuproctisA genus of Lymantriidae
Broaderlymantriid, tussock mothdull / dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees

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