Tortrix: alternatives and connections

A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pe…

A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…

The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are…

The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying…

A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and ea…

The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, m…

Pertaining or belonging to the Geometridae.

Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at…

A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antennae variable in form.

The larva of any geometrid moth. See Geometrid.

Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands…

Any species of a family (Liparidae) of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock moths.

An instrument, as a bodkin, for forming a loop in yarn, a cord, etc.

One who mines; a digger for metals, etc.; one engaged in the business of getting ore, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; one…

A mote.

Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidae, or Noctuaelitae, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because the…

Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths has a h…

Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family Ortalidae. The larvae of many of these flies live in fruit; those of others p…