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currant borer

noun

  1. the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of currant borer1

First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences

The perfect insect resembles that of the Currant Borer, and makes its appearance near the end of summer, leaving its chrysalis skin projecting from the hole in the bark, whence it had escaped.

Prenocerus supernotatus, or the American Currant Borer, feeds upon the pith of the stalk.

There is another currant borer, an European, which is confined to young shoots; as it is not the larva of a beetle, but of a butterfly, it will be treated in its proper place.

This is not desirable when the bushes are liable to have the stems destroyed by the currant borer.

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