lappet moth

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   medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars

   Synonymslappet

   Broaderlasiocampid

Questions about lappet moth

What does lappet moth mean?

lappet moth means "medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars".

What is another word for lappet moth?

Close synonyms include lappet. 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 lappet moth a common word?

lappet 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.