“- noun
also cecropia
( -s )
Usage: sometimes capitalized C
Etymology: New Latin cecropia (specific epithet of Samia cecropia ), from Latin Cecropia, feminine of Cecropius, adjective
: a large silkworm moth ( Hyalophora cecropia ) that is the largest moth native to the eastern U.S., that is represented by related species in the West, and that has larvae which feed on and are sometimes serious defoliators of many forest and fruit trees