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Definition of Antler moth
1. Noun. European moth with white antler-like markings on the forewings; the larvae damage pastures and grasslands.
Generic synonyms: Noctuid, Noctuid Moth, Owlet Moth
Group relationships: Cerapteryx, Genus Cerapteryx
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antler Moth
Literary usage of Antler moth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ortotteri agrari cioè dei diversi insetti dell'ordine degli ortotteri nocivi by Eleanor Anne Ormerod, Adolfo Targioni-Tozzetti (1878)
"antler moth and caterpillars. The above figure gives the size and method of
marking of the antler moth and caterpillar. With regard to colour, the moths are ..."
2. A Treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris (1880)
"... those of the eagle- moth occasionally prove very destructive in vineyards;
and the caterpillars of the antler-moth are notorious for their devastations ..."
3. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley, W. North (1892)
"The Antler- moth. The antler-moth, so called because of the markings of its
fore-wings, resembling the branches of antlers, occasionally ravages meadow- ..."
4. A Report on the Insects of Massachusetts, Injurious to Vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris (1841)
"... those of the eagle-moth occasionally prove very destructive in vineyards ;
and the caterpillars of the antler-moth are notorious for their devastations ..."
5. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"The next form for notice is the so- called antler moth ... THE antler moth.
species in Britain, when, under the influence of a favorable season, ..."
6. Our insect enemies by Theodore Wood (1885)
"... and their manifold food-plants—Their self-made homes—How to destroy the perfect
insects — The Antler-moth — Its ravages in grass lands—Abundance in 1824 ..."
7. Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests ... with Methods of by Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1891)
"In the course of the observations sent me during 1894 regarding the ravages of
the antler moth caterpillars in the south-west of Scotland, Mr. B. Service, ..."
8. Guide to Methods of Insect Life and Prevention and Remedy of Insect Ravage by Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1884)
"The common Cabbage and Turnip surface FIO. 85.—antler moth, caterpillars are to
be found as chrysalids on or in the ground, near where they fed. ..."
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