单词 | gold-tail moth |
释义 | > as lemmasgold-tail moth gold tail n. now rare (more fully gold-tail moth) either of two European moths, the brown-tail, Euproctis chrysochroa, and the yellow-tail, E. similis, some of which have a yellow tip to the abdomen.Formerly regarded as a single species. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Lymantriidae > porthesia chrysorrhoea (yellowtail) yellowtail1748 gold tail1817 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. 21 The gold-tail-moth. 1912 Manch. Guardian 10 July 16/5 Considering that the moth flew from a thorn, and from its size and appearance, I think that it was the common gold-tail or yellow-tail. 1977 O. W. Richards & R. G. Davies Imms's Gen. Textbk. Entomol. (ed. 10) II. 1145 The common European Gold Tail, Euproctis similis (= chrysorrhoea). < as lemmas |
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