Burnet-moth

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A moth of the genus Zygæna or Anthrocera; one of the many moths of the family Zygænidæ. The six-spotted burnet-moth is Z. or A. filipendulæ, a common European species, with six red spots on a dark ground; the larva is yellow, spotted with black. Z. or A. loti is another species, the five-spotted burnet-moth.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) in England, a handsome moth (Zygæna filipendula), with crimson spots on the wings.