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Lappet moth   Listen
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Lappet  n.  A small decorative fold or flap, esp. of lace or muslin, in a garment or headdress.
Lappet moth (Zool.), one of several species of bombycid moths, which have stout, hairy caterpillars, flat beneath. Two common American species (Gastropacha Americana, and Tolype velleda) feed upon the apple tree.






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"Lappet moth" Quotes from Famous Books



... special protective resemblance. A few such have already been noticed. Agriopis aprilina, Acronycta psi, and many other moths which rest during the day on the north side of the trunks of trees can with difficulty be distinguished from the grey and green lichens that cover them. The lappet moth (Gastropacha querci) closely resembles both in shape and colour a brown dry leaf; and the well-known buff-tip moth, when at rest is like the broken end of a lichen-covered branch. There are some ...
— Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection - A Series of Essays • Alfred Russel Wallace



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