By Neelam Bohra and Radhika Marya, CNN Updated 7:31 PM ET, Mon July 12, 2021 A female Lymantria dispar moth lays her eggs on the trunk of a tree in the Salmon River State Forest in Connecticut. (CNN)Ethel Brooks, raised in a Romani community in New Hampshire, grew up with other kids telling her to stay away from "gypsy moths." Brooks didn't understand the connection between her Romani community -- for which the word "gypsy" has been used as a pejorative -- and a destructive, invasive insect species that "poses a danger to North American forests." They plan to consult a volunteer group to rename the moth and ant, which will go by their respective Latin names, Lymantria dispar