Phrase Hound found 172 phrases and 14 compound words that contain moths. The most common are listed below. Open moths in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 172
- cabbage mothsplural of cabbage moth: The common white and black butterfly, Pieris brassicae, of the family Pieridae.
- cup mothsplural of cup moth: A moth of the family Limacodidae.
- dagger mothsplural of dagger moth: Any of various noctuid moths of the genus Acronicta, having black dagger-shaped markings on the forewings.
- ghost mothsplural of ghost moth: Hepialus humuli, a white moth of the family Hepialidae.
- grapevine mothsplural of grapevine moth: Lobesia botrana.
- grass mothsplural of grass moth: Any of the family Crambidae of moths.
- hawk mothsplural of hawk moth: Any moth of the family Sphingidae.
- luna mothsplural of luna moth: A large, green American moth, Actias luna, that has crescent-shaped marks on its wings.
- slug mothsplural of slug moth: Any moth of the family Limacodidae.
- sphinx mothsplural of sphinx moth: A moth of the family Sphingidae; a hawk moth.
- swift mothsplural of swift moth: Any moth of the family Hepialidae.
- wax mothsplural of wax moth: Pyralid moths whose larvae (waxworms) feed on the honeycombs of beehives
- burnet mothsplural of burnet moth: A zygaenid moth with crimson spots on the wings.
- peppered mothsplural of peppered moth: A light-coloured species of night-flying moth, Biston betularia.
- Indian meal mothsplural of Indian meal moth: Plodia interpunctella, a species of moth that feeds on dried foodstuffs and feedstuffs, especially meal, flour, nuts, and fruit.
- tussock mothsplural of tussock moth: Any moth of subfamily Lymantriinae.
- geometer mothsplural of geometer moth: A geometrid moth of family Geometridae.
- owlet mothsplural of owlet moth: Any moth of the family Noctuidae.
- bogong mothsplural of bogong moth: A large nocturnal brown moth, Agrotis infusa, of southern Australia, traditionally part of the Aboriginal diet.
- false owlet mothsplural of false owlet moth: Any moth of the subfamily Thyatirinae, resembling moths of the family Noctuidae.
- lappet mothsplural of lappet moth: An eggar.
- metalmark mothsplural of metalmark moth: Any moth of the family Choreutidae.
- oak processionary mothsplural of oak processionary moth: Thaumetopoea processionea, a processionary native to oak forests across southern Europe, also occurring as an invasive species in northern Europe.
- acorn mothsplural of acorn moth: The North American moth Blastobasis glandulella.
- alder mothsplural of alder moth: A moth of species Acronicta alni, found across Europe, the Caucasus, Russia, and eastern Asia.
Compound words 14
- mammothsplural of mammoth: Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late …
- bagmothsplural of bagmoth: A kind of moth, the bagworm.
- budmothsplural of budmoth: Any of various moths, whose caterpillars are the budworms.
- fishmothsplural of fishmoth: An insect, the silverfish.
- hawkmothsplural of hawkmoth: Any moth of the family Sphingidae.
- macromothsplural of macromoth: A relatively large moth.
- mealmothsplural of mealmoth: Any of several small moths of the Pyralidae family whose larvae feed on flour.
- micromothsplural of micromoth: A member of the microlepidoptera, an unranked (and not monophyletic) grouping of moth families, generally with wingspans of under 20 millimetres; a small moth.
- seamothsplural of seamoth: Any fish in the family Pegasidae, with winglike pectoral fins and body covered in bony armor.
- silkmothsplural of silkmoth: Any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the family Lasiocampidae).