cecropia moth

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   North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees

   SynonymscecropiaHyalophora cecropia

   Broadersaturniid

Questions about cecropia moth

What does cecropia moth mean?

cecropia moth means "North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees".

What is another word for cecropia moth?

Close synonyms include cecropia, Hyalophora cecropia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cecropia moth a common word?

cecropia moth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.