noctuid
Noun
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Noun
noctuid (plural noctuids)
- Any in the species-rich family Noctuidae of moths.
- 1916, British Columbia Provincial Museum, Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History, page 462 ↗,
- Mr. H. McKnight, who resides at Goldstream, took a number of noctuids in September, feeding on hops.
- 1981, T. M. Casey, Insect Flight Energetics, Clyde F. Herreid II, Charles R. Fourtner (editors), Locomotion and Energetics in Arthropods, page 432 ↗,
- The total wing area of these moths were essentially the same (geometrids = 3.8 cm2; noctuids = 3.6. cm2). Consequently, wing-loading of the noctuids was about twice as high as in the geometrids.
- 1993, Thomas C.R. White, The Inadequate Environment: Nitrogen and the Abundance of Animals, page 76 ↗,
- Noctuids are renowned for their propensity for carnivory in general, and for cannibalism in particular (Gould et al. 1980).
- 1916, British Columbia Provincial Museum, Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History, page 462 ↗,
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