Meaning of poplar lutestring in English:
poplar lutestring
noun
A Eurasian noctuid moth, Tethea or (family Thyatiridae), which has brown markings on its grey forewings and whose larvae feed on the leaves of aspen and poplar trees.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in George Samouelle (d. 1846).
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