单词 | high-flyer moth |
释义 | > as lemmashigh-flyer moth c. Frequently with distinguishing word. Any of three chiefly Palaearctic geometrid moths of the genus Hydriomena, which typically have greyish wings with dark markings. Also high-flyer moth.July highflyer: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [noun] > miscellaneous types high-flyer1776 1776 W. Withering Bot. Arrangem. Veg. Great Brit. II. 605 The high flyer moth; the scarce Silver-line-Moth, and the Copper Under-wing Moth feed upon it [sc. sallow]. 1809 A. H. Haworth Lepidoptera Britannica ii. 321 The yellow-striped Highflyer. 1845 H. N. Humphreys & J. O. Westwood Brit. Moths II. 47 They have a peculiar vaulting flight at a considerable height, whence some of them are termed high-flyers by collectors. 1907 Trans. Worcs. Naturalists' Club 3 84 A dark form of Hydriomena sordidata (July High-flyer) was netted. 1967 T. Lewis & L. R. Taylor Introd. Exper. Ecol. iv. 173 (table) Macrolepidoptera in light traps... May High-flyer (Hydriomena coerulata). 2011 Guardian 11 June 32/5 The litany of moths whose caterpillars feed on species of willow..reads like a found poem about sensual pleasure: angle shades, autumn green carpet.., pale brindled beauty, ruddy highflyer. < as lemmas |
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