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Arctia phalerata
Harness Har"ness, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harnessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Harnessing.] [OE. harneisen; cf. F. harnacher, OF. harneschier.] 1. To dress in armor; to equip with armor for war, as a horseman; to array. Harnessed in rugged steel. --Rowe. A gay dagger, Harnessed well and sharp as point of spear. --Chaucer. 2. Fig.: To equip or furnish for defense. --Dr. H. More. 3. To make ready for draught; to equip with harness, as a horse. Also used figuratively. Harnessed to some regular profession. --J. C. Shairp. Harnessed antelope. (Zo["o]l.) See Guib. Harnessed moth (Zo["o]l.), an American bombycid moth (Arctia phalerata of Harris), having, on the fore wings, stripes and bands of buff on a black ground.
Pyrrharctia isabella
Isabella moth Is`a*bel"la moth` (?; 115). (Zo["o]l.) A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densely covered with hairs, which are black at each end of the body, and red in the middle part.

Meaning of Arctia from wikipedia

- to the genus Arctia: Arctia allardi (Oberthür, 1911) Arctia alpina (Quensel, 1802) Arctia aulica (Linnaeus, 1758) Lady-in-Waiting Arctia brachyptera (Troubridge...
- Arctia matronula is species of tiger moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae....
- Arctia villica, the cream-spot tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema...
- Arctia testudinaria, or Patton's tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Geoffroy in 1785. It is found from northern Spain to southern...
- Arctia plantaginis, the wood tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae. Several subspecies are found in the Holarctic ecozone south to Anatolia, Transcaucasus...
- 1872 Arctia simplicior Butler, 1881 Arctia achaia var. barda H. Edwards, 1881 Euprepia (Cymbalophora) blakei var. perpicta Dyar, 1893 Arctia achaia...
- The garden tiger moth or great tiger moth (Arctia caja) is a moth of the family Erebidae. Arctia caja is a northern species found in the US, Canada, and...
- mombasana Rothschild, 1910 Bombyx caprotina Drury, 1773 Arctia pseuderminea Harris, 1823 Arctia pseuderminea Harris, 1841 Leucarctia californica Packard...
- but the ownership was transferred to the state-owned icebreaker operator Arctia after delivery. While the history of winter navigation in Finland dates...
- Arctia Oy is Finnish state-owned company responsible for operating a Finnish icebreaker fleet. The company was established as Arctia Shipping Oy in 2010...