miller moth

noun5

1. •
   Any of several species of moths with pale, dusty wings.

   • One of those small white moths, known as '• millers," went past him. […]. Even the miller-moth had gone. — 1890
2. •
   Any of the cutworm moths in genus Agrotis or in tribe Agrotini,
3. •
   especially an army cutworm (Euxoa auxiliaris), in America.
4. •
   Any moth of species Acronicta leporina, in Britain.
5. •
   A goat moth (Cossus cossus).