northern scurfy Quaker moth

noun

Homorthodes furfurata, a species of North American owlet moth.

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scurfy Quaker moth

Meanings

nounnorthern scurfy Quaker moth (plural northern scurfy Quaker moths)

plural northern scurfy Quaker moths

  1. Homorthodes furfurata, a species of North American owlet moth.

    Synonyms: scurfy Quaker moth

Synonyms & antonyms

nounHomorthodes furfurata, a species of North American owlet moth.

Similar
scurfy Quaker moth

Origin

Some moths in the genus Homorthodes are sometimes called "Quaker moths".

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