Although this term is widely used in North America, it is not in use in England, though it may possibly have originated in Scotland. See Slingerland, Bull. Cornell University Exp. Stat. 104, 1895, p, 555.
Fourth Rep. U.S. Ent. Commission, 1885, p. 3.
Insect Life, vi. 1894 p. 6.
See Chapman, The Genus Acronycta and its Allies, London, 1893.
Insects Injurious, etc., Ed. 1862, Boston, p. 437.