- Hyphantria textor
- Webworm Web"worm`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larv[ae]
eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which
they retreat when not feeding.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The most destructive webworms belong to the family {Bombycid[ae]}, as the fall webworm ({Hyphantria textor}), which feeds on various fruit and forest trees, and the common tent caterpillar, which feeds on various fruit trees (see {Tent caterpillar}, under {Tent}.) The grapevine webworm is the larva of a geometrid moth (see {Vine inchworm}, under {Vine}). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.