Welsh clearwing
noun
A large European clearwing moth, Synanthedon scoliaeformis (family Sesiidae), associated with birch woods, and having an abdomen that is chiefly black with an orange tip.
- The first British specimen was found in Wales but the species was originally described from Stettin, Prussia (now Szczecin, Poland)..
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Edward Newman (1801–1876), naturalist.