noctuid
/nok-choo-id/US // ˈnɒk tʃu ɪd //UK // (ˈnɒktjʊɪd) //
昆虫类,夜行动物,夜行者,昆虫
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Also called owlet moth. any of numerous dull-colored moths of the family Noctuidae, the larvae of which include the armyworms and cutworms.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : belonging or pertaining to the family Noctuidae.
Examples
For example, the caterpillars of some species of Xanthia and other noctuid moths feed at first upon willow-catkins.
For instance Plotheia frontalis, a Noctuid which often abounds in Ceylon, shows an equally bewildering wealth of forms.
Box turtles probably benefit man by destroying large numbers of crop-damaging insects (locustids and noctuid caterpillars).
On the whole, members of this family are more available to the day collector than are those of the Noctuid.
Genitalia of a male Noctuid from below : the parts separated out.
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