oak eggar
(also oak eggar moth)
noun
A large brown Eurasian moth, Lasiocampa quercus (family Lasiocampidae), especially one of the subspecies L. quercus quercus, the larva of which feeds on a range of trees and shrubs (including oak).
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Moses Harris (1730–c1788), entomologist and artist.
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