antler moth

noun

1. a European noctuid moth, Cerapteryx (or Charaeas ) graminis, that has white antler-like markings on the forewings and produces larvae that periodically cause great damage to pastures and grasslands

Example Sentences

And still again, she was consulted by her foreign correspondents about termites, which were causing havoc among the young cocoa trees of Ceylon, or about certain peculiar species of Australian larvæ, or about the devastating action of the pine beetle in the Scotch forests, or about the wheat midge and antler moth in Finland.

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