| 单词 | barberry carpet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbarberry carpet barberry carpet n. (in full barberry carpet moth) a light brown geometrid moth of Europe and north and west Asia, Pareulype berberata, whose larvae feed on the barberry. Π 1810 E. Donovan Nat. Hist. Brit. Insects XIV. 66 We have named it the Barberry Moth, in allusion to the plant on which the larva usually feeds.] 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 122 The Barberry Carpet (A. Berberata, Stephens) appears the middle of June. 1992 Independent 24 Aug. 5/6 The Barberry Carpet moth, Pareulype berberata, used to be common in many parts of Britain until farmers began to rid their hedges of barberry because this shrub harbours the wheat rust fungus which spoils crops. 2021 Gloucestershire Echo (Nexis) 11 Mar. 12 The barberry carpet moth was once found across Britain, but now it is believed there are around just 12 colonies of the species left. < as lemmas |
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