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Definition of Currant borer

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 from its resemblance to that grape.] 1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery. 2. The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant. 3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum. Black currant,a shrub or bush (Ribes nigrum and R. floridum) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit. Cherry currant, a variety of the red currant, having a strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry. Currant borer (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect that bores into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the larvae of a small clearwing moth ([AE]geria tipuliformis) and a longicorn beetle (Psenocerus supernotatus). Currant worm (Zo["o]l.), an insect larva which eats the leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly (Nematus ventricosus), introduced from Europe, and the spanworm (Eufitchia ribearia). The fruit worms are the larva of a fly (Epochra Canadensis), and a spanworm (Eupithecia). Flowering currant, Missouri currant, a species of Ribes (R. aureum), having showy yellow flowers.

Meaning of Currant borer from wikipedia

- The blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum), also known as black currant or c****is, is a deciduous shrub in the family Grossulariaceae grown for its edible berries...
- appearance. They include species of moderate pest status, such as the currant shoot borer, and others of considerable ecological and evolutionary interest...
- The currant shoot borer moth (Lampronia capitella) is a species of moth of the family Prodoxidae. It is found in most of central, northern and eastern...
- diseases that attack orchard trees also affect this genus, in particular trunk borers and Gymnosporangium rust. In years when late flowers of Amelanchier overlap...
- Thorn-limb Borer Saperda populnea Small Poplar Borer Weevils Ampeloglypter ampelopsis Anthonomus nigrinus Cryptorhynchus lapathi Poplar-and-Willow Borer Dorytomus...
- moth Corn earworm Corn stalk borer Cu****ber fruit fly Cu****ber moth Currant clearwing moth Cutworm Date palm fruit stalk borer Diamond back moth Douglas-fir...
- rhododendri, rhododendron borer moth 2552 – Synanthedon rileyana, Riley's clearwing moth 2553 – Synanthedon tipuliformis, currant borer moth 2554 – Synanthedon...
- Amelanchier canadensis (bilberry, Canadian serviceberry, chuckle-berry, currant-tree, juneberry, shad-blow serviceberry, shad-blow, shadbush, shadbush...
- ISBN 978-0-520-02381-9. Hummer, Kim; Postman, Joseph (2000-03-01). "Black Currant Gall Mite". Currant and Gooseberry Pests. USDA/ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository...
- Stone Graceville 44.4 36 18.5 5.3 Borden Crow Wing Garrison 957 304 84 9 Borer Le Sueur Montgomery 37 1 Bouder Cook Grand Marais 136 133 17 N/A Boulder...