thorn moth

British  

noun

1. Often shortened to: thorn.  any of various woodland geometrid moths, typified by the large thorn ( Ennomos autumnaria ), having wings set somewhat at an angle and held up when at rest

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Example Sentences

The dusky thorn moth lives in woodland.

From Children's BBC

The dusky thorn moth is a woodland specialist.

From BBC

Recently, the biologists John Skelhorn and Graeme D. Ruxton at the University of Glasgow and their collaborators Hannah M. Rowland and Michael P. Speed at the University of Liverpool devised such a test using the twig-imitating caterpillars of the brimstone moth and early thorn moth as prey .

From New York Times

A gives the egg of the small white butterfly;4 B, that of the small tortoiseshell; C, that of the waved umber moth; D, that of the thorn moth; E, that of the shark moth; at F we have the delicate egg of the small emerald butterfly, and at G an American skipper; and finally, at H, the egg of a moth known as mania maura.

From Project Gutenberg