All lantern fly synonyms

noun lantern fly

• fire beetle — any of numerous click beetles of the genus Pyrophorus, of tropical America, having luminous reddish or greenish spots on the body.
• firefly — any nocturnal beetle of the family Lampyridae, characterized by a soft body with a light-producing organ at the rear of the abdomen.
• fireworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Rhopobota naevana (black-headed fireworm) which feeds on the leaves of cranberries and causes them to wither.
• glowworm — the wingless female or larva of the European beetle, Lampyris noctiluca, which emits a sustained greenish light.
• lampyrid — any of several beetles of the family Lampyridae, comprising the fireflies.
• noctiluca — a dinoflagellate of the genus Noctiluca, capable of producing light and, in groups, of causing a luminous appearance of the sea.