| 单词 | antler moth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasantler moth antler moth n. a noctuid moth, Cerapteryx graminis, with pale branched markings on the forewings (resembling antlers when the wings are spread), whose caterpillars can be highly destructive of meadow and pasture grasses; cf. sense 4. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > charaeas or cerapteryx graminis (antler-moth) antler moth1808 1808 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Insects XIII. 53 Phalæna graminis. Antler Moth. 1832 T. Brown Bk. Butterflies, Sphinxes & Moths I. 75 The Antler Moth..devours a considerable variety of grasses. 1897 Daily News 13 Sept. 6/2 The grub of the antler moth..has been known to commit such havoc that..the meadows looked as if a fire had passed over them. 1961 R. South Moths Brit. Isles (ed. 4) Ser i. 196 Antler Moth..has the fore wings greyish brown or reddish brown, sometimes tinged with ochreous in the paler forms. 2010 D. Wallace et al. in M. Archer et al. Bird Observatories Brit. & Ireland 223 Brindled Ochre, Confused and Annulet are three that occupy this habitat, along with healthy populations of Antler Moth. < as lemmas |
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