AGARISTIDAE


Meaning of AGARISTIDAE in English

ˌagəˈristəˌdē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Agarista, type genus (perhaps after Agariste fl 6th century B.C. daughter of Cleisthenes, tyrant of Sicyon, from Greek Agaristē ) + -idae

: a family of mostly diurnal and brightly colored moths having the antennae thickened toward the tip and including the Australian whistling moths — see forester

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