peppered moth
English
editNoun
editpeppered moth (plural peppered moths)
- A light-coloured species of night-flying moth, Biston betularia.
- 2015 May 21, Victoria Schlesinger, “Backyard evolution”, in Aeon[1]:
- At the start of the Industrial Revolution, the common, light-coloured peppered moth stood out in the soot-covered landscape around coal plants.