单词 | webworm |
释义 | > as lemmaswebworm webworm n. chiefly U.S. any of various moth caterpillars which spin webs on foliage in which they feed or rest, often in large assemblages, and cause damage to crop and garden plants; frequently with distinguishing word. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Arctiidae > hyphantria cunea (web-worm) webworm1757 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Arctiidae > margarodes quadristigmalis (privet web-worm) webworm1757 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Oecophoridae > depressaria heraclina (web-worm) webworm1757 1757 L. Carter Diary 18 July (1965) I. 162 Abundance of Hornworm, Ground worm, Web worm and bud worm. 1802 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 1st Ser. VIII. 190 The first [corn-pest] is the web-worm, a small taper worm of a gray colour, about a half an inch in length. 1841 T. W. Harris Rep. Insects Massachusetts 254 The little caterpillars known by the name of fall web-worms, whose large webs..may be seen on our native elms, and also on apple and other fruit trees, in the latter part of summer. 1885 Manch. Examiner 14 July 4/5 The webworm..did considerable damage to the stands. 1926 C. A. Weigel & W. Middleton Insect Enemies of Flower Garden (U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 1495) 15/2 The fall webworm [Hyphantria cunea] feeds upon geranium, clematis, castor-bean, rose, honeysuckle, laurel, and wistaria, and the spotted beet webworm [Hymenia perspectalis] on alternanthera. 2003 Nat. New Eng. Fall 4 One of the worst infestations of ‘fall webworm’ that many of the islanders had ever seen. < as lemmas |
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