Micragone

Translingual

Etymology

From micro- (“small”, from Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós)) +‎ Ancient Greek ἄγονος (ágonos, “infertile, sterile”).

Coined by English entomologist Francis Walker in 1855.

Proper noun

Micragone f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae – certain moths.

See also

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