ALSOPHILA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Geometrid moths

Synonyms:

Alsophila; genus Alsophila

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Alsophila" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Alsophila"):

Alsophila pometaria (North American moth with grey-winged males and wingless females; larvae are fall cankerworms)

fall cankerworm (green or brown white-striped looper; larva of Alsophila pometaria)

Holonyms ("Alsophila" is a member of...):

family Geometridae; Geometridae (measuring worms)