Io moth
noun
1.
a showy, yellow moth,
Automeris io,
of North America, having a prominent pink and bluish eyespot on each hind wing.
Origin
1865-70;
named after Io
British Dictionary definitions for
Io moth
Io moth
noun
1.
an American saturniid moth,
Automeris io,
bright yellow with a blue-and-pink eyelike spot on each of the hind wings
Word Origin
C19: after
Io
1
(who was tormented by a gadfly), referring to the sting of the larva