- currant clearwing
- currant borer or currant clearwing,a clearwing (moth), the larva of which bores in stems of currant shrubs.
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currant clearwing
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Currant — may refer to: Plants Ribes, genus of berry plants, e.g. blackcurrant, redcurrant Zante currant, dried Black Corinth grapes; smaller than raisins Currant tomato, Solanum pimpinellifolium, small tomato species Currant tree, Amelanchier canadensis,… … Wikipedia
currant borer — noun : the larva of a small yellow clearwing moth (Ramosia tipuliformis) that bores longitudinal tunnels in the canes of currants and gooseberries and often kills them * * * the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the … Useful english dictionary
Currant — Cur rant (k?r rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Currant borer — Currant Cur rant (k?r rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Currant worm — Currant Cur rant (k?r rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Clearwing — Clear wing (kl[=e]r w[i^]ng ), n. (Zo[ o]l.) A lepidopterous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family {[AE]geriad[ae]}, of which the currant and peach tree borers are examples. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
currant borer — the larva of a clearwing moth, Ramosia tipuliformis, that bores into the stems of currants. [1865 70] * * * … Universalium
clearwing moth — ▪ insect also called Wasp Moth, any of approximately 1,000 species of moths (order Lepidoptera) that are long legged with a slender, dark body with bright red or yellow markings. The wings frequently lack scales and are transparent. Unlike… … Universalium
Black currant — Currant Cur rant (k?r rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cherry currant — Currant Cur rant (k?r rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
