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Definition of Red underwing
1. Noun. Moth having dull forewings and red-marked hind wings.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Underwing
Literary usage of Red underwing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The School World (1902)
"... August Thorn, Vapour Moth, red underwing, Tissue Moth. ... red underwing and
White Satin M. On Willows, Camberwell Beauty В., Purple Emperor Butterfly, ..."
2. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"Scarcely less striking is the red underwing (C. nupta), in which the gray wings
are mottled with darker shades, rendering it difficult to detect when ..."
3. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1897)
"Though so rare, it has been taken almost anywhere in England ; and a year or two
ago, a specimen was found in Hyde Park. THE red underwing. CATOCALA NUPTA. ..."
4. With Nature and a Camera: Being the Adventures and Observations of a Field by Richard Kearton, Cherry Kearton (1898)
"The accompanying picture of a red underwing moth in the act of sucking up an
entomologist's rum and treacle from the bark of a tree, however, ..."
5. Epping Forest by Edward North Buxton (1901)
"A few, such as the handsome red underwing (Catocala nupta), ... The red underwing
is very common in Lodge Bushes, and other parts of the district. ..."
6. More Letters of Charles Darwin: A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1903)
"That is a most curious observation about the red underwing moth and the robin,*
and strongly supports ... Mr. Weir describes the pursuit of a red-underwing, ..."
7. Materials for the study of variation treated with especial regard to by William Bateson (1894)
"289. In some of these the yellow is tinged with red, but it is commonly a very
distinct variety. A variety of the red underwing (Catocala nupta) with ..."
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