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magpie moth

British  

noun

  1. a geometrid moth, Abraxas grossulariata, showing variable patterning in black on white or yellow, whose looper larvae attack currant and gooseberry bushes. The paler clouded magpie is A. sylvata

  2. an unrelated micro, Eurrhypara hortulata

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