(from the article `regal moth`) ...behind its head. It eats principally walnut, hickory, and persimmon leaves. The adult has yellow-spotted, olive-gray forewings with red veins and ...
[n] - large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings
Eacles imperialis noun large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings; larvae feed on e.g. maple and pine trees
a yellow moth, Eacles imperialis, having a diagonal band of pinkish brown or purple: the hairy larvae feed on the leaves of hickory, oak, etc.