Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any one of several moths whose larvæ injure pine-trees.
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Examples
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Dr. Altum also mentions the bird-enemies of the pine-moth, and the immense amount of its eggs destroyed by foxes; but he adds that the parasitic fungi which periodically infest it are a far more terrible enemy than any bird, because they destroy the moth over very large areas at once.
Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin 1881
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He says, that a succession of gales or cold and damp weather during the exodus of the pine-moth (Bombyx pini) destroy it to incredible amounts, and during the spring of 1871 all these moths disappeared at once, probably killed by a succession of cold nights. (
Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin 1881
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