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arctiid

(ˈɑːktɪɪd)
n
(Zoology) any moth of the family Arctiidae, which includes the footman, ermine, and tiger moths
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Noun1.arctiid - stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars
arctiid moth
moth - typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae
Arctiidae, family Arctiidae - tiger moths
tiger moth - medium-sized moth with long richly colored and intricately patterned wings; larvae are called woolly bears
Callimorpha jacobeae, cinnabar moth, cinnabar - large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
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There were also some other insect pests which were sporadically found on the jujube trees are Dusky cotton bug, Grasshopper, Jujube Butterfly and Arctiid Moth (Table 2).
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Immature stages and life cycle of the wasp moth, Cosmosoma auge (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) under laboratory conditions
Incidence of semilooper, Autographa nigrisigna (Wlk.) and acridid Chrotogonus trachypterus (Blanchard) and an arctiid Spilosoma obliqua (Walker) as pests of minor importance on chickpea in India and Pakistan was reported by (Lal et al., 1981; Mahmood and Shah, 1984; Anonymous, 1984a; Mahmood et al., 1987; Deka et al., 1987b).
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