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witch moth

–noun
any of several large noctuid moths of the genus Erebus, esp. the blackish E. odora (black witch) of Central and North America.
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witch moth  
n.  Any of several large noctuid moths of the genus Erebus of the southern United States and tropical America.

[From its nocturnal habits.]
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