"litter moth" meaning in English

See litter moth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: litter moths [plural]
Etymology: litter + moth Etymology templates: {{com|en|litter|moth}} litter + moth Head templates: {{en-noun}} litter moth (plural litter moths)
  1. Any erebid moth in the subfamily Herminiinae. Categories (lifeform): Noctuoid moths Hypernyms: erebid
    Sense id: en-litter_moth-en-noun-DXpvZQUS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "The following are the focus of research: in the Pyraloidea (Subobjective 1.1) Ategumia, Desmia, Diaphania, Eulepte, Herpetogramma, Omiodes, Patania; in the Gelechioidea (Subobjective 1.2) genera within and putatively near the Recurvaria-group (Gelechiinae: Litini); in the Noctuoidea (Subobjective 1.3) fern-feeding Argyrosticta in relation to Callopistria, boundaries and composition of the Eriopinae, and erebid litter moths (Herminiinae).",
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