red underwing

British

noun

a large noctuid moth, Catocala nupta , having dull forewings and hind wings coloured red and black

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The red underwing had never come back, though Jacob had waited.

From Jacob's Room by Woolf, Virginia

And the red underwing had circled round the light and flashed and gone.

From Jacob's Room by Woolf, Virginia

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