regal moth

regal moth
noun
: a large showy American moth (Citheronia regalis) having the forewings olive spotted with yellow and heavily veined with red and the hind wings orange-red spotted with yellow — see hickory horned devil

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a large moth, Citheronia regalis, having yellow spots on gray to olive forewings and on orange-red hind wings.
[1850-55]

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regal moth,
a large, hairy moth with olive forewings and orange-red hind wings, both spotted with yellow. Its wingspread is about five inches.

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