(n.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth.
(n.) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc.
(n.) Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvae of several species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvae of Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet, Dermestes, Anthrenus.
(n.) Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
Example Sentences:
(1) Radiologic abnormalities included an unusual "moth-eaten" appearance of the markedly short long bones, bizzare ectopic ossification centers, and marked platyspondyly with unusual ossification centers.
(2) The appearance of the corpus allatum, the central endocrine gland of diapause, was examined histologically in the slug moth prepupae, Monema flavescens (Lepidoptera).
(3) This paper describes the distribution of histamine-like immunoreactivity in the midbrain and suboesophageal ganglion of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta.
(4) There was no difference in LC50 between the two strains to larvae of spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana), gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar), eastern hemlock looper (Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria), and whitemarked tussock moth (Orgyia leucostigma), whether expressed as total alkaline soluble protein, activated toxin protein, or International Units as determined by bioassay against Trichoplusia ni.
(5) The aetiology was established when patch tests with crude moth material produced similar eruptions in 5 out of 7 adult volunteers between 40 min and 12 h. Pharmacological experiments with an aqueous extract of moth hairs in isolated guinea pig ileum elicited a response similar to that induced by histamine.
(6) The subjective signs of the syndrome are floating 'moths', photopsias presenting as a 'lateral lightning', sudden appearance of a central macula (central positive scotoma).
(7) An unusually heavy infestation of the tussock moth resulted in a high incidence of symptoms affecting the skin and mucous membranes of those exposed to high concentrations of particulate matter of this insect.
(8) The mouse antibodies reacted very poorly with fragmented forms of the immunogen or with tobacco hornworm moth cytochrome c, even though both of these antigens had been shown previously to strongly stimulate pigeon cytochrome c-primed T cells.
(9) You can’t be preparing 7 million students for the future on one hand, while undermining every chance of a decent future Institutions that keep trying to make these moth-eaten arguments are sounding feebler by the day.
(10) When, in the course of studying this behavior, moths are removed by stages from the natural circumstances of this interaction their evasion responses become much less invariant; that is, more evitable.
(11) Moth-allergen activity was distributed in particle sizes ranging from 0.8 to greater than 4.1 micron when sized samples were obtained by use of an Andersen cascade impaction head.
(12) thuringiensis towards brown-tail moth, as compared to its action on lackey moth, may be due to the bactericidal properties of some intestine microorganisms of brown-tail moth, and also the absence in their intestines of microorganisms stimulating growth of the entomopathogenic bacteria.
(13) Magainins and cecropins are families of peptides with broad antimicrobial and antiparasitic activities derived respectively from the skin of frogs or from giant silk moths.
(14) The oak processionary moth, a native of southern and central Europe, has become established in south-west London and parts of the home counties since being found in England in 2006.
(15) Even if you can't make a whole dress, little jazzy touches will make the blandest of clothing a billion times better: sewing on snazzy buttons, for example, or putting on some piping, or not going around in dresses covered in moth holes and decked with trailing hems, as some of us do because we never learned to bloody sew.
(16) Caripito itch, a pruritic dermatosis rarely seen in the United States, is caused by contact with moths of the genus Hylesia--specifically, with urticating abdominal hairs of the adult female moth.
(17) The radiographic features of renal coccidioidomycosis parallel those of renal tuberculosis, with feathery, moth-eaten calices, infundibular constriction and caliceal ballooning, and eventual calcification of granulomas.
(18) Tobacco hornworm moth cytochrome c, which contains a glutamine at residue 100 but a terminal lysine at residue 103 (one amino acid closer to the glutamine), stimulated pigeon cytochrome c immune T cells better than the immunogen.
(19) Starting from a crystal-negative parental strain of Bacillus thuringiensis, we isolated certain bacteriophage-resistant mutants which showed decreased virulence in pupae of the cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia).
(20) We have elucidated the complete nucleotide sequence of two tRNA(Ala) species from HeLa cells that are closely related to silkworm moth tRNA(Ala), as well as the partial sequence of a third species.
Processionary
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as, processionary service.
Example Sentences:
(1) The oak processionary moth, a native of southern and central Europe, has become established in south-west London and parts of the home counties since being found in England in 2006.
(2) Stewart Snape, of its plant health service, said: "We know there could be OPM [oak processionary moth] in the woodland because we found a nest in it last year.
(3) Pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) Processional pine caterpillar tent, near Benimaurell, Alicante Province, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain.
(4) The regulator also said it did not believe the aerial spraying would work because it would only hit the tree canopy and not kill any oak processionary moth larvae on leaves further down.
(5) Oak processionary moth caterpillars cover a tree trunk.
(6) A thaumetopoein-like protein was found to be present in oak processionary urticating hairs.
(7) In conjunctival swabs were also found urticarial hairs, tracheal fragments, processionary caterpillar oenocytes, and a grain of pollen.
(8) Contact dermatitis caused by the oak processionary caterpillar is described and compared to that produced by the pine processionary caterpillar.
(9) The oak processionary moth, so-called because of the way the caterpillars march in procession, has taken hold across south west London and officials were so concerned by its spread to a wood in Berkshire that they sprayed the area with insecticide from a helicopter last year.
(10) The urticating apparatus of the oak processionary caterpillar was studied by electron microscopy at times when this species was exceptionally abundant in France.
(11) Recent outbreaks of the oak processionary moth and ash dieback disease have added to the increasing number of pests and diseases that have been attacking trees in the past few years, leading to a decline in tree health and in some cases tree loss.
(12) Te oenocytes of the processionary caterpillar show histophysiological variations during their developing cycle.
(13) The survey includes a guide to six of the most unwanted pests and diseases that could spell disaster for trees and forests if they spread across the UK, such as Chalara dieback of ash ( Chalara fraxinea) and pests like the oak processionary moth ( Thaumetopoea processionea ).
(14) The escalation of efforts to control the oak processionary moth ( Thaumetopoea processionea ) follows the Forestry Commission announcement this week that it will use a helicopter in May to blanket-spray a woodland in West Berkshire, the first time aerial spraying will have been used .
(15) Oak processionary moth (Thaumetopoea processionea) Oak processionary moth (Thaumetopoea processionea), caterpillars feeding on oak leaves, Germany.
(16) Officials were so concerned by the spread of the oak processionary moth – whose caterpillars can cause itchy rashes and sore throats in humans – that last May they undertook aerial spraying to eradicate it from woods near Pangbourne, Berkshire , the only infested site outside London.
(17) The oak processionary moth – whose caterpillars were found in areas of south and south-west London last year – can cause respiratory and skin problems.
(18) In vivo treatments of female sex pheromone glands of the processionary moth, Thaumetopoea pityocampa, with mass-labeled fatty acids showed that (Z)-13-hexadecen-11-ynyl acetate, the main sex pheromone component, is biosynthesized from palmitic acid by the combined action of delta-11 and delta-13 desaturases.
(19) Plant experts are particularly concerned about the oak processionary moth, which arrived in west London in 2009 and has now developed two major populations.
(20) Minutes from the oak processionary moth advisory board in February 2014, however, show fears that the spraying could be affecting other caterpillars that are an important food source for blue tits.