| 单词 | housebuilder moth |
| 释义 | > as lemmashousebuilder moth housebuilder moth n. now rare any of several bagworm moths of the South and Central American genus Oiketicus (family Psychidae), whose adult females are wingless and do not emerge from the ‘bag’ of silk and plant detritus which housed them during the larval and pupal stages. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Psychidae > oiketicus sandersii housebuilder moth1863 1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 535 About five species of House-builder Moths are known. 1889 H. C. McCook Amer. Spiders I. xviii. 333 The house builder moth larva constructs her thatched domicile in order to cover its soft body. 1900 T. G. Gentry Intelligence Plants & Animals 126 The mature insect is spoken of as the House-builder Moth. < as lemmas |
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