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Insect got right to me unfortunately (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tiger moth

'insect' is the definition.
(tiger moth is a kind of insect)

'right to me unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates anagramming the letters (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'right'+'to'+'me'='righttome'
'righttome' anagrammed gives 'TIGER-MOTH'.

'got' is the link.

(Other definitions for tiger moth that I've seen before include "Plane" , "producer of woolly bears" , "Insect - aeroplane" , "Woolly bear" , "this one has brightly-coloured wings" .)

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