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yellow underwing

noun

  1. any of several species of noctuid moths ( Noctua and Anarta species), the hind wings of which are yellow with a black bar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Last year, the species seen on Staten Island included the banded tussock, the tulip-tree beauty and the large yellow underwing.

The largest recorded distance travelled by a one moth - a broad-bordered yellow underwing - was 13.7km.

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