| 单词 | little wife |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslittle wife 10. Originally: †the red underwing moth, Catocala nupta (obsolete rare). In later use (with distinguishing word): either of two other North American underwing moths of the genus Catocala, C. muliercula (in full little wife) and C. palaeogama (in full oldwife underwing). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > member of subfamily Catocalinae (underwing) > catocala nupta (red-underwing) red underwing1720 bride1832 wife1832 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 99 The Wife (C. Nupta, Ochsenheimer) appears among willows the beginning of August. 1903 W. J. Holland Moth Bk. 267 Catocala muliercula..The Little Wife. 1906 W. T. M. Forbes Field Tables Lepidoptera 133 Orange spots on two rear joints below. Old-wife underwing. Catocala palæogama. 2008 M. Winn Central Park in Dark v. 104 We'd added two new underwing moths to our Central Park list: the oldwife underwing (Catocala palaeogama) and the clouded underwing (Catocala nebulosa). 2011 D. L. Wagner et al. Owlet Caterpillars Eastern North Amer. 109 (heading) Coloration is exceptionally variable across the group, which includes the Sweetfern Underwing..and The Little Wife (C. muliercula). < as lemmas |
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