Definition of Cerapteryx

1. Noun. Antler moths.

Exact synonyms: Genus Cerapteryx
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Noctuidae, Noctuidae
Member holonyms: Antler Moth, Cerapteryx Graminis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerapteryx

Cephalosporium
Cephalotaceae
Cephalotaxaceae
Cephalotaxus
Cephalotus
Cephalotus follicularis
Cephas
Cepheus
Cephissia
Cepphus
Cepphus columba
Cepphus grylle
Ceqli
Ceram Sea
Cerambycidae
Cerapteryx
Cerapteryx graminis
Cerastes cornutus
Cerastium
Cerastium alpinum
Cerastium arvense
Cerastium tomentosum
Ceratitis
Ceratitis capitata
Ceratodontidae
Ceratonia
Ceratonia siliqua
Ceratopetalum
Ceratopetalum gummiferum
Ceratophyllaceae

Literary usage of Cerapteryx

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society (1851)
"cerapteryx graminis ... This has been taken in St. Just,—the only locality I have heard of in the West of England; it frequents high grounds ; found in June ..."

2. Ortotteri agrari cioè dei diversi insetti dell'ordine degli ortotteri nocivi by Eleanor Anne Ormerod, Adolfo Targioni-Tozzetti (1878)
"... Stephens; cerapteryx graminis, Curtis. On the 18th of June Col. Pictou Turbervill, of Ewenny Priory, Bridgend, Glamorganshire, wrote :—" I forward you a ..."

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