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Definition of Abraxas grossulariata

Abraxas grossulariata
Magpie Mag"pie, n. [OE. & Prov. E. magot pie, maggoty pie, fr. Mag, Maggot, equiv. to Margaret, and fr. F. Marquerite, and common name of the magpie. Marguerite is fr. L. margarita pearl, Gr. ?, prob. of Eastern origin. See Pie magpie, and cf. the analogous names Tomtit, and Jackdaw.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of the genus Pica and related genera, allied to the jays, but having a long graduated tail. Note: The common European magpie (Pica pica, or P. caudata) is a black and white noisy and mischievous bird. It can be taught to speak. The American magpie (P. Hudsonica) is very similar. The yellow-belled magpie (P. Nuttalli) inhabits California. The blue magpie (Cyanopolius Cooki) inhabits Spain. Other allied species are found in Asia. The Tasmanian and Australian magpies are crow shrikes, as the white magpie (Gymnorhina organicum), the black magpie (Strepera fuliginosa), and the Australian magpie (Cracticus picatus). Magpie lark (Zo["o]l.), a common Australian bird (Grallina picata), conspicuously marked with black and white; -- called also little magpie. Magpie moth (Zo["o]l.), a black and white European geometrid moth (Abraxas grossulariata); the harlequin moth. Its larva feeds on currant and gooseberry bushes.

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- using Abraxas grossulariata led to the discovery of ****-linked characteristics. Larva Mounted specimen Abraxas grossulariata grossulariata Abraxas grossulariata...
- fletcheri Inoue, 1984 Abraxas formosilluminata Inoue, 1984 Abraxas fulvobasalis Warren, 1894 Abraxas gephyra West, 1929 Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758)...
- blister rust. Gooseberry bushes (Ribes) are hosts to magpie moth (Abraxas grossulariata) caterpillars. Gooseberry plants are also a preferred host plant...
- 1839) Xystophora pulveratella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758) Abraxas sylvata (Scopoli, 1763) Acasis appensata (Eversmann...
- discovered was the "lacticolor" X-linked recessive gene in the moth Abraxas grossulariata by Leonard Doncaster. It is important to distinguish between ****-linked...
- (Fologne, 1862) Thiotricha subocellea (Stephens, 1834) Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758) Abraxas sylvata (Scopoli, 1763) Acasis viretata (Hübner, 1799)...
- 1906 who studied the inheritance of a colour mutation in a moth, Abraxas grossulariata. Thomas Hunt Morgan later showed that a new white-eye mutation in...
- (Stephens, 1834) Xenolechia aethiops (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845) Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758) Aethalura punctulata (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)...
- 1878) Teleiopsis albifemorella (E. Hofmann, 1867) Abraxas grossulariata (Linnaeus, 1758) Abraxas sylvata (Scopoli, 1763) Acasis appensata (Eversmann...
- larva has black and yellow longitudinal stripes. ♂ ♂ △ ♀ ♀ △ Abraxas sylvata sylvata Abraxas sylvata microtate Wehrli, 1931 (****an) The adults fly from...