单词 | pug moth |
释义 | > as lemmaspug moth 9. Any of numerous small geometrid moths of the genus Eupithecia and related genera, which rest with the wings stretched out to the sides. Also pug moth. Usually with distinguishing word. juniper, satin-pug, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Geometridae > member of genus Eupitheca (pug) pug1819 V-pug1832 1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 363 Geometra rufifasciata. The red-barred Pug. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 132 The Beautiful Pug... The Green Pug... The Brass Pug. 1869 E. Newman Illustr. Nat. Hist. Brit. Moths 116/2 The little moths which constitute the genus Eupithecia, or, as called by collectors, ‘Pugs’. 1908 R. South Moths Brit. Isles II. 253 Bilberry Pug (Chloroclystis debiliata). As a British insect, this species..was first found in Devonshire, and was then known by the English name of ‘The Devon Pug’. 1958 W. J. Stokoe Caterpillars Brit. Moths (rev. ed.) II. 120 The Lime-speck Pug... This moth is widely distributed over the British Isles. 1995 Jrnl. Ecol. 83 165/2 (table) Eupithecia exiguata (Hübner): Mottled pug, phytophagous, on leaves. < as lemmas |
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