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Eufitchia ribearia
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.

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- Wikispecies has information related to Fitchia. Fitchia is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to: Fitchia (bug), a genus of insects in...
- Fitchia rapensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the island of Rapa Iti in the Tubuai Islands of French Polynesia...
- Fitchia mangarevensis was a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It was found only on the island of Taravai in the Tuamotu Archipelago...
- Fitchia spinosula is a species of ********in bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in North America. "Fitchia spinosula Species Information". BugGuide...
- genus Fitchia Hook. f. Fitchia aptera Stål, 1859 Fitchia spinosula Stål, 1872 "Fitchia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-10. "Fitchia Report"...
- Fitchia cordata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the island of Bora Bora in the Society Islands of French Polynesia...
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- Fitchia aptera is a species of ********in bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in North America. "Fitchia aptera Species Information". BugGuide.net...
- Fitchia nutans is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the island of Tahiti in the Society Islands of French Polynesia...
- Fitchia tahitensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the island of Tahiti in the Society Islands of French Polynesia...