brown-tail moth

brown-tail moth

n1. (Animals) a small brown-and-white European moth, Euproctis phaeorrhoea, naturalized in the eastern US where it causes damage to shade trees: family Lymantriidae (or Liparidae). See also tussock moth

brown′-tail` moth′

n. a white moth, Euproctischrysorrhoea, having a brown tuft at the end of the abdomen, the larvae of which feed on the foliage of various shade and fruit trees. [1775–85]

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brown-tail moth - small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit treesbrowntail, Euproctis phaeorrhoealymantriid, tussock moth - dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous treesEuproctis, genus Euproctis - a genus of Lymantriidae