forest tent caterpillar


forest tent caterpillar

noun

Definition of FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR

: a moth (Malacosoma disstria of the family Lasiocampidae) whose orange-marked larva is a tent caterpillar and a serious defoliator of deciduous trees

First Known Use of FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR

1854

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