Currant worm Meaning, Definition & Usage
Definitions
(Zoöl.) , an insect larva which eats the leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly (Nematus ventricosus ), introduced from Europe, and the spanworm (Eufitchia ribearia ). The fruit worms are the larva of a fly (Epochra Canadensis ), and a spanworm (Eupithecia ).
