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Death's-head moth

noun

European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull. Synonym: Acherontia atropos.

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"Death's-head moth" Quotes from Famous Books

... asked the mother rose wearily of the butterfly. He did not know; but his cousin the death's-head moth, asleep under a magnolia leaf, looked down with a grim smile on his ...

— Bimbi • Louise de la Ramee

Words linked to "Death's-head moth" : sphinx moth, Acherontia, genus Acherontia, hawkmoth, hawk moth, hummingbird moth, sphingid