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MOTH DISPERSAL [1 record]

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Record 1 1989-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

dispersal. The act or result of dispersing

OBS

disperse: to cause to become spread widely.

OBS

moth. Any of various insects that constitute a major division (Heterocera) of the order Lepidoptera, are usu. nocturnal ... less brilliantly colored, and proportionately smaller winged than the butterflies, and have larvae which are caterpillars and feed often very destructively on vegetation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
OBS

dispersion. Action d'éparpiller, de s'éparpiller, fait d'être éparpillé, divisé.

OBS

noctuidé. Insecte lépidoptère hétérocère [...] Les chenilles des noctuidés [...] vivent souvent enterrées et ne sortent que la nuit pour dévorer les feuilles et les pousses des végétaux.

Spanish

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