salt marsh moth

noun

Estigmene acrea, a fairly common North American tiger moth whose wings are white with black dots.

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Meanings

nounsalt marsh moth (plural salt marsh moths)

plural salt marsh moths

  1. Estigmene acrea, a fairly common North American tiger moth whose wings are white with black dots.

Origin

From salt marsh + moth.

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Translations

French estigmène dimorphe
  • estigmène dimorpheEstigmene acrea
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APA

salt marsh moth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20marsh%20moth

MLA

“salt marsh moth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20marsh%20moth. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “salt marsh moth,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/salt%20marsh%20moth.

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