Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of various bombycid moths whose larvæ are tufted; a tussock; a vaporer: as, the hickory tussock-moth, Halesidota caryæ, the larva of which feeds mainly on the foliage of hickory, but also upon other forest-and orchard-trees in the United States. See cut under
Orgyia .
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Examples
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In a few cases, the development within the cocoon is quite rapid; and the adult form hatches out in a few weeks, for example, the cabbage-butterfly, monarch or milkweed butterfly, and tussock-moth.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education
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As outdoor work, look for the egg masses on trees and fences and devise means of combating the tussock-moth.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education
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Observations on the habits and the ravages of common noxious insects, as cabbage-worm, grasshopper, tussock-moth, etc.; discussion of means of checking these insects.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education
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Cocoons of tussock-moth and tiger-moth under bark, logs, and rubbish in early autumn.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education
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a prop. The downy woodpecker is very useful in the orchard, because it destroys great numbers of larvæ of the tussock-moth and other insects.
Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario. Ministry of Education
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