单词 | poplar hawkmoth |
释义 | > as lemmaspoplar hawkmoth poplar hawkmoth n. a common large grey European hawkmoth, Laothoe populi, whose larvae feed mainly on poplar leaves. ΚΠ 1720 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Eng. Insects Descr. Pl. lvii This being commonly called the Poplar Hawk Moth. 1887 G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening III. 471/2 The Poplar Hawk Moth..lives on Poplars and Willows, and on Laurel and Laurustinus. 1909 A. C. Seward Darwin & Mod. Sci. 29 Years ago I observed in caterpillars of Smerinthus populi (the poplar hawk -moth), which also possess white oblique stripes, that certain individuals showed red spots above these stripes. 2004 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 19 June (Features section) 22 Children love the Poplar Hawkmoths, which resemble dead leaves and cling to them with their sticky feet. < as lemmas |
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