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Definition of Magpie Moth

Magpie moth
Magpie Mag"pie, n. [OE. & Prov. E. magot pie, maggoty pie, fr. Mag, Maggot, equiv. to Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and common name of the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. margarita pearl, Gr. ?, prob. of Eastern origin. See Pie magpie, and cf. the analogous names Tomtit, and Jackdaw.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail. Note: The common European magpie (Pica pica, or P. caudata) is a black and white noisy and mischievous bird. It can be taught to speak. The American magpie (P. Hudsonica) is very similar. The yellow-belled magpie (P. Nuttalli) inhabits California. The blue magpie (Cyanopolius Cooki) inhabits Spain. Other allied species are found in Asia. The Tasmanian and Australian magpies are crow shrikes, as the white magpie (Gymnorhina organicum), the black magpie (Strepera fuliginosa), and the Australian magpie (Cracticus picatus). Magpie lark (Zo["o]l.), a common Australian bird (Grallina picata), conspicuously marked with black and white; -- called also little magpie. Magpie moth (Zo["o]l.), a black and white European geometrid moth (Abraxas grossulariata); the harlequin moth. Its larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes.

Meaning of Magpie Moth from wikipedia

- sometimes called the magpie moth Nyctemera annulata, a moth in the family Arctiidae, called the magpie moth in New Zealand Magpie cat, a bicolor cat with...
- Nyctemera annulata, the magpie moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1832. It is endemic...
- for white pine blister rust. Gooseberry bushes (Ribes) are hosts to magpie moth (Abraxas grossulariata) caterpillars. Gooseberry plants are also a preferred...
- America. Its distinctive speckled coloration has given it a common name of magpie moth. The caterpillar is similarly coloured to the adult, and may be found...
- The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a black and white p****erine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea, and introduced to New Zealand...
- (spruce bud moth, Ratzeburg tortricid) Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758) (magpie moth) Abraxas sylvata (Scopoli, 1763) (clouded magpie) Acasis viretata...
- butterfly Black mountain moth Emperor moth Fox moth Magpie moth Mountain burnet moth Northern dart moth Northern eggar moth Azure hawker dragonfly Four-spotted...
- Nyctemera amicus, the senecio moth, magpie moth or cineraria moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Adam White in 1841...
- grossulariata, magpie moth — throughout Abraxas sylvata, clouded magpie — south & central (localized) [Abraxas pantaria, light magpie — unconfirmed old...
- annulata (magpie moth) mainly feeds on the leaves of plants from Senecioinae of the Asteraceae. S. quadridentatus is a host plant of magpie moth larvae (Nyctemera...