Arctiidae
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Arctiidae
- (archaic) A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – tiger moths, footmen, lichen moths, wasp moths; in caterpillar form: woolly bears, woolly worms, tussock moths, now subfamily Arctiinae in family Noctuidae.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – division; Cossina – section; Bombycina – subsection; Noctuoidea – superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family):
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Arctiidae, n.”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- Arctiidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Arctiidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Arctiidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons