yucca borer

English

Noun

yucca borer (plural yucca borers)

1. Either of two Californian boring weevils (Rhinostomus frontalis and Scyphophorus yuccae).
2. A large moth-like butterfly (skipper), Megathymus yuccae of the family Hesperiidae, whose larva bores in yucca roots.

References

• “yucca borer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.