owlet moth

noun

Any moth of the family Noctuidae.

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noctuid mothnoctuid
Origintranslingual Noctua →
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Meanings

nounowlet moth (plural owlet moths)

plural owlet moths

  1. Any moth of the family Noctuidae.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounusually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests

Similar
noctuid mothnoctuid
Broader
moth
Also see
noctuid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. translingualNoctua
  2. translingualNoctua
  3. Englishowlet moth

Partial calque of translingual Noctua (genus of moths, type genus of the family Noctuidae, literally “owl”) + moth.

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Translations

Bulgarian нощенка
  • нощенка (noštenka)moth of family Noctuidae
Chinese Mandarin 夜蛾
  • 夜蛾 (yè'é)moth of family Noctuidae
Czech můra
  • můramoth of family Noctuidae
Finnish yökkönen
  • yökkönenmoth of family Noctuidae
French noctuelle
  • noctuellemoth of family Noctuidae
German Eule, Eulenfalter
  • Eulemoth of family Noctuidae
  • Eulenfaltermoth of family Noctuidae
Hungarian bagolylepke
  • bagolylepkemoth of family Noctuidae
Japanese 夜蛾
  • 夜蛾 (yaga)moth of family Noctuidae
Korean 밤나방
  • 밤나방 (bamnabang)moth of family Noctuidae
Polish sówka
  • sówkamoth of family Noctuidae
Russian ноктуи́да
  • ноктуи́да (noktuída)moth of family Noctuidae
Swedish nattfly
  • nattflymoth of family Noctuidae
Welsh noswyfyn
  • noswyfynmoth of family Noctuidae
Cite this entry
APA

owlet moth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/owlet%20moth

MLA

“owlet moth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/owlet%20moth. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “owlet moth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/owlet%20moth.

Source: owlet moth on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.