spongy moth

noun

plural spongy moths

: an Old World tussock moth (Lymantria dispar) that was introduced about 1869 into the U.S., that has a grayish-brown hairy caterpillar which is a destructive defoliator of many trees, and that has a flightless adult female which lays eggs in a spongelike ovoid egg mass covered in yellowish-brown hairs

Note: The mature caterpillar of the spongy moth has two distinctive rows of five blue dots followed by six red dots on the back.

Note: This insect was formerly known as the gypsy moth but was officially renamed by the Entomological Society of America in March 2022 due to the offensiveness of the historical name.

单词	spongy moth
释义	spongy moth noun plural spongy moths : an Old World tussock moth (Lymantria dispar) that was introduced about 1869 into the U.S., that has a grayish-brown hairy caterpillar which is a destructive defoliator of many trees, and that has a flightless adult female which lays eggs in a spongelike ovoid egg mass covered in yellowish-brown hairs Note: The mature caterpillar of the spongy moth has two distinctive rows of five blue dots followed by six red dots on the back. Note: This insect was formerly known as the gypsy moth but was officially renamed by the Entomological Society of America in March 2022 due to the offensiveness of the historical name. Word History First Known Use 2022, in the meaning defined above
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spongy moth

noun

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