chestnut clearwing moth

noun

A moth of the species Coptotriche perplexa, now extinct due to chestnut blight eradicating the American chestnuts on which it fed.

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Meanings

nounchestnut clearwing moth (plural chestnut clearwing moths)

plural chestnut clearwing moths

  1. A moth of the species Coptotriche perplexa, now extinct due to chestnut blight eradicating the American chestnuts on which it fed.
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