gypsy moth

English Thesaurus

1. European moth introduced into North America; a serious pest of shade trees (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	lymantriid, tussock moth,
definition	:	dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus lymantria, lymantria,
definition	:	type genus of the Lymantriidae; a pest (Lymantria means `destroyer') (noun.animal)