nantucket pine tip moth

nantucket pine tip moth
\(ˈ)nan.|təkə̇t-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized N
Etymology: from Nantucket Island
: a small reddish brown silver-marked olethreutid moth (Rhyacionia frustrana) of the eastern and central United States with yellowish brown larva that feeds in and damages the new growth of various pines

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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