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magpie moth
magpie moth n. (a) , a white geometrid moth, Abraxas grossulariata, with black and usually some orange spots, whose caterpillar is a pest of currant, gooseberry, and other fruit bushes; (b) New Zealand a New Zealand day-flying moth, Nyctemera annulata (family Arctiidae), which is black with white spots and yellow abdominal stripes, and has large hairy larvae that feed on many plants.
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magpie moth?1749
gooseberry-moth1816
currant-moth1858
?1749 B. Wilkes Eng. Moths & Butterflies 42 The large magpye, or curran-moth. Most Gardens and Hedges abound with the Caterpillars of this Fly.
1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 252 Magpie moth (Abraxas grossulariata).
1890 E. A. Ormerod Man. Injurious Insects (ed. 2) 310 The caterpillars of the Magpie Moth sometimes do a great deal of mischief.
1922 G. M. Thomson Naturalisation Animals & Plants in N.Z. 512 The common magpie-moth (Nyctemera annulata) has certainly become extremely abundant wherever the introduced ragwort..has become a common pest.
1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. 80 15 June 586/1 Probably the best-known day-flying insect frequenting the flower garden is the magpie moth.
1971 R. Sharell N.Z. Insects ii. 63 A black moth, frequently seen flying in the daytime, is the Magpie moth, Nytemera annulata.
1989 M. Chinery Butterflies & Day-flying Moths Brit. & Europe 231 Not all aposematic caterpillars are taken with equal readiness. Those of the Magpie moth are shunned by nearly all predators.
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