1-syllable Insects that contain O

List of 1-syllable Insects that contain O

1

Louse

Pediculus humanus capitis (head); Pediculus humanus humanus (body); Pthirus pubis (pubic)

A wingless parasitic insect — head lice are particularly common among schoolchildren, body lice can transmit serious diseases including epidemic typhus, and pubic lice are a sexually transmitted parasite.

2

Moth

Actias luna

A large, pale-green silk moth of eastern North America with long curved hindwing tails — adults that don't eat at all, living only a week to mate and die.

3

Roach

Blattella germanica

The small, light-brown cockroach species responsible for nearly all kitchen-pest cockroach infestations worldwide — fast-breeding, hard to eliminate, and the bane of restaurants and apartment buildings.