chestnut clearwing moths

A form of chestnut clearwing moth — A moth of the species Coptotriche perplexa, now extinct due to chestnut blight eradicating the American chestnuts on which it fed.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of chestnut clearwing moth
Cite this entry
APA

chestnut clearwing moths. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chestnut%20clearwing%20moths

MLA

“chestnut clearwing moths.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chestnut%20clearwing%20moths. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chestnut clearwing moths,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chestnut%20clearwing%20moths.

Source: chestnut clearwing moths on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.