eggar

eg=gar

WORDNET DICTIONARY

eggar(n = noun.animal) egger - moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons;

is a kind of lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth

is a member of genus lasiocampa, lasiocampa

eggar, n. [Etymol. uncertain.].

Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe. [1913 Webster]