umber moth

British  

noun

1. Often shortened to: umber.  any of various brownish geometrid moths, esp the waved umber ( Menophra abruptaria ) and small waved umber ( Horisme vitalbata ), that are cryptically marked to merge with tree bark, and the mottled umber ( Erannis defoliaria ) whose looper larvae can strip branches and even trees

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Example Sentences

Another "Looper" found early on the roses is that of the Mottled Umber Moth.

From Project Gutenberg

A gives the egg of the small white butterfly;4 B, that of the small tortoiseshell; C, that of the waved umber moth; D, that of the thorn moth; E, that of the shark moth; at F we have the delicate egg of the small emerald butterfly, and at G an American skipper; and finally, at H, the egg of a moth known as mania maura.

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