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Cerapteryx graminis
Antler Ant"ler, n. [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller, endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed LL. antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See Ocular.] (Zo["o]l.) The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag. Huge stags with sixteen antlers. --Macaulay. Note: The branch next to the head is called the brow antler, and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay antler. The main stem is the beam, and the branches are often called tynes. Antlers are deciduous bony (not horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while growing. See Velvet. Antler moth (Zo["o]l.), a destructive European moth (Cerapteryx graminis), which devastates grass lands.

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- Cerapteryx is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Cerapteryx graminis – antler moth (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerapteryx megala (Alphéraky, 1882) Cerapteryx...
- Cerapteryx graminis, the antler moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a common species throughout most of Europe but is lacking in the very dry...
- 1840 Celaena haworthii (Curtis, 1829) Ceramica pisi (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerapteryx graminis (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerastis leucographa (Denis & Schiffermüller...
- 1840 Celaena haworthii (Curtis, 1829) Ceramica pisi (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerapteryx graminis (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerastis leucographa (Denis & Schiffermüller...
- sponsa (Linnaeus, 1767) Ceramica pisi (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerapteryx graminis (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerapteryx megala Alpheraky, 1882 Cerastis rubricosa (Fabricius...
- 1834 Celaena haworthii (Curtis, 1829) Ceramica pisi (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerapteryx graminis (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerastis leucographa (Denis & Schiffermüller...
- 1861 Celaena haworthii (Curtis, 1829) Ceramica pisi (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerapteryx graminis (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerastis leucographa (Denis & Schiffermüller...
- 1861 Celaena haworthii (Curtis, 1829) Ceramica pisi (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerapteryx graminis (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerastis leucographa (Denis & Schiffermüller...
- both well known and common migrants. Common summer moths are the antler (Cerapteryx graminis), dark arches (Apamea monoglypha) and the migrant silver Y (Autographa...
- 1840 Celaena haworthii (Curtis, 1829) Ceramica pisi (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerapteryx graminis (Linnaeus, 1758) Cerastis leucographa (Denis & Schiffermüller...