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Definition of Forewings
1. forewing [n] - See also: forewing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forewings
Literary usage of Forewings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"With widely separated transverse lines to forewings=ib. ferruginea- separata,
... With one of the transverse lines absent on forewings=ab. ferruginea- ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1893)
"forewings not yellowish 12. 11. forewings with dark costal streak 102. ...
forewings without strong black line in costal cilia 100. microspora. 18. ..."
3. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1903)
"The American species may be separated by the following table: forewings with
broad white longitudinal streak from base to apex 1 forewings without such ..."
4. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"336, says, "The black costal spots of the forewings, with a broad ochre-yellow
edging, ... 345 marginal lunules very pale (in the forewings absent). ..."
5. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1906)
"forewings in repose covering the hindwings flatly throughout. The palpi evenly
cylindrical. ... The lobes of the forewings with noticeable posterior angle. ..."
6. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1907)
"forewings with veins 7 and 8 stalked out of 9. (forewings with 2 and 3 ... Z.
( forewings with 2 and 3 separate 2. (forewings with 3 and 4 stalked (Ç), ..."
7. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1905)
"n. sp. Female, 5-6 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen shining white.
forewings lanceolate, apex long-caudate: shining brassy-white : an oblique ..."
8. The New Zealand Journal of Science (1885)
"forewings grey-whitish, with dorsal grey suffusion, a thick blackish streak ...
forewings fuscous, mixed with ochreous-whitish, with a darker triangular ..."
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