arctiid

English Thesaurus

1. stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	moth,
definition	:	typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	tiger moth,
definition	:	medium-sized moth with long richly colored and intricately patterned wings; larvae are called woolly bears (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	callimorpha jacobeae, cinnabar, cinnabar moth,
definition	:	large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	arctiidae, family arctiidae,
definition	:	tiger moths (noun.animal)