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

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.