单词 | black-headed fireworm |
释义 | > as lemmasblack-headed fireworm 3. U.S. The larva of any of several small moths of the superfamily Tortricoidea which are pests of the cranberry and other cultivated plants; esp. (more fully black-headed fireworm) the widespread Rhopobota naevana (also called holly tortrix). Also: the moth itself.So called because plants on which the larvae have fed may appear blackened as if by fire. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Tortricidae > member of genus Tortrix nettle1819 nettle-tap1819 fireworm1869 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Tortricidae > member of > larva or fire worm fireworm1869 1869 A. S. Packard Guide to Study of Insects 339 These larvæ [are] called the Cranberry-vine worms... They, if very numerous, almost wholly destroy the leaves and tender shoots, giving the whole bog a dark dry appearance as though a fire had been over it. This is why they are in some places known as ‘fire-worms’. 1919 Bull. Mass. Agric. Exper. Station No. 192. 131 These conclusions are of special interest in relation to the recent developments in the control of the black-head fireworm. 1954 D. J. Borror & D. M. DeLong Introd. Study Insects xxvi. 531 The cranberry black-headed fire-worm, Rhopobota naevana Hübner, is a serious pest of cranberry plantings in the Eastern states. 2005 J. E. Girard Princ. Envir. Chem. xvi. 492 3M sells sprayable pheromones for the control of many insects that infest fruit trees: the grape berry moth, black-headed fireworm, sparganothis fruitworm, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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