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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 plantaginis, the wood tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae. Several subspecies are found in the Holarctic ecozone south to Anatolia, Transcaucasus...
- 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...
- Arctia o****nta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Henry Edwards in 1881. It is found from Alaska through northern British Columbia...
- Kirby, 1837 Arctia saundersii Grote, 1864 Arctia intermedia Stretch, 1873 Arctia stretchii Grote, 1875 Arctia approximata Stretch, 1885 Arctia intermedia...
- mongolica (Alphéraky, 1888) Arctia mongolica Alphéraky, 1888 Palearctia mongolica Arctia serarum Grum-Grshimailo, 1899 Arctia serum Grum-Grshimailo, 1902...
- Arctia dejeani is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Jean Baptiste Godart in 1822. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula. The wingspan...
- Arctia tancrei is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Staudinger in 1887. It is found in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan...
- Arctia Oy is Finnish state-owned company responsible for operating a Finnish icebreaker fleet. The company was established as Arctia Shipping Oy in 2010...
- Arctia mirifica is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Charles Oberthür in 1892. It is found in western China, Tibet and north-western India...