单词 | poplar tentmaker |
释义 | > as lemmaspoplar tentmaker poplar tentmaker n. rare a North American moth, Clostera inclusa (family Notodontidae), the larvae of which strip poplar trees of their leaves. ΚΠ 1906 E. P. Felt Insects affecting Park & Woodland Trees II. 560 Poplar tent maker..Melalopha inclusa Hubn. A black, yellow-striped larva..feeds in the folded, webbed-together leaves of poplar and willow. 1926 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 52 192 This parasite [sc. Achaetoneura melalophae] is one of the most important natural controls of the poplar tentmaker..which is periodically abundant on the Lombardy Poplar. 1998 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. (Nexis) 27 Aug. 1 I described the denuded willow, my ravaged river birches and the gauzy nest in a nearby sourwood. ‘Poplar tentmaker,’ Tyndall said confidently. < as lemmas |
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