| 单词 | saddleback caterpillar |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaddleback caterpillar 11. The larva of the moth Sibine stimulea (family Limacodidae), of the eastern United States, which has a green back with a dark oval patch and fleshy lobes bearing stinging hairs (more fully saddleback caterpillar); (also) the moth itself, which has dark reddish-brown forewings. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Limacodidae Eucleidae or Cochlidiidae > member of festoon1794 saddleback1890 1890 A. S. Packard Fifth Rep. U.S. Entomol. Comm. i. 146 (heading) The saddle-back caterpillar. Empretia stimulea... The caterpillar is of strange form, being short and thick. 1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies iii. 258 The brown and green Saddle-back caterpillar is one of the curious members of the group. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xiv. 286 One of our common species on oaks is the saddleback (Sibine stimulea ), so called because the sluglike caterpillar has a wide green patch, on the middle of its back resembling a saddlecloth, with a dark oval spot, frequently outlined with white representing the saddle. 1995 M. R. Berenbaum Bugs in Syst. vii. 199 The saddleback caterpillar Sibine stimulea..is covered with hairs that connect to glands producing histaminelike substances. < as lemmas |
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