Gypsy moths - Those liberal and moderate Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives who tended to deny support to President Ronald Reagan's domestic and foreign policies. They were called gypsy moths, in contrast to boll weevils, after a leaf-eating moth found in the north, because most of these House members represented congressional districts from the Northeast and Midwest.
Source - American Government & Politics, Harper Collins Dictionary - Jay M. Shafritz-1993
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