gold-tail

noun

variants or gold-tail moth

: either of two white moths of the family Lymantriidae having yellow abdominal tufts:

a

: a European moth (Euproctis similis) that is closely related to the brown-tail moth

b

: an Australian moth (Acyphas chionitis)

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