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Webster 1913 Edition
Noctuid
Noc′tu-id
,Noun.
[From L.
nox
, noctis
, night.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous moths of the family
– Noctuidae
, or Noctuaelitae
, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; – so called because they fly at night. Adj.
Of or pertaining to the noctuids, or family
Noctuidae
.Definition 2024
noctuid
noctuid
English
Noctua fimbriata, a noctuid
Noun
noctuid (plural noctuids)
- Any of very many moths in the family Noctuidae.
- 1916, British Columbia Provincial Museum, Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History, page 462,
- Mr. H. McKnight, who resides at Goldstream, took a number of noctuids in September, feeding on hops.
- 1981, T. M. Casey, Insect Flight Energetics, Clyde F. Herreid II, Charles R. Fourtner (editors), Locomotion and Energetics in Arthropods, page 432,
- The total wing area of these moths were essentially the same (geometrids = 3.8 cm2; noctuids = 3.6. cm2). Consequently, wing-loading of the noctuids was about twice as high as in the geometrids.
- 1993, Thomas C.R. White, The Inadequate Environment: Nitrogen and the Abundance of Animals, page 76,
- Noctuids are renowned for their propensity for carnivory in general, and for cannibalism in particular (Gould et al. 1980).
- 1916, British Columbia Provincial Museum, Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History, page 462,