Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
superfamily within thesubsection Bombycina — the owl moths and related moths.
Etymologies
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Noctua + -oidea
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This is a Black Witch, Ascalapha odorata, a large moth in the superfamily Noctuoidea.
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