| 单词 | gamma moth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgamma moth 4. In full gamma moth. The silver Y moth, Autographa gamma, a Holarctic noctuid moth having brownish forewings with a silvery mark in the shape of the letter Y or the Greek letter γ; also called silver gamma. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Plusiidae > member of genus Plusia > plusia gamma (gamma moth) gamma1799 silver y1832 1799 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Insects VIII. 34 Phalæna Gamma. Common γ Moth. 1821 Time's Telescope: Guide to Almanack 257 The gamma moth..haunts our clover fields when in bloom. 1879 Times 25 Aug. 10/5 The gamma is one of the few day-flying moths, and on the occasion of which I speak it would have been difficult to have found a flower of any description without a tenant. 1903 Garden 12 Sept. 179/2 The Michaelmas Daisies are also much appreciated, but more especially by moths, the silver gamma often haunting the plants in hundreds. 1961 B. Meeuse Story Pollination xvii.190 A moth that everyone in this country should know..is the little gamma moth. 2005 Jrnl. Chem. Ecol. 31 2153 We found the gamma moth to be sexually active throughout the scotophase. < as lemmas |
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