cotton noctuid moth

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• Moth — For other uses, see Moth (disambiguation) and Moths (disambiguation). Moths Emperor Gum Moth, Opodiphthera eucalypti Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

• cotton worm — noun : cotton leafworm * * * cotton worm, the destructive larva of a noctuid moth that attacks the leaves of the cotton plant …   Useful english dictionary

• cotton bollworm — noun larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops • Syn: ↑corn earworm, ↑tomato fruitworm, ↑tobacco budworm, ↑vetchworm, ↑Heliothis zia • Hypernyms: ↑bollworm …   Useful english dictionary

• cotton leafworm — noun : the slender greenish black and white marked larva of a tropical American noctuid moth (Alabama argillacea) that migrates northward as far as southeastern Canada in the spring and deposits its eggs on cotton leaves on which the larvae feed… …   Useful english dictionary

• owlet moth — noctuid (def. 1). [1860 65] * * * ▪ insect also called  miller    large worldwide group of more than 20,000 species of triangular, stout bodied nocturnal lepidopterans. The family Noctuidae includes some of the world s largest moths; wingspans in …   Universalium

• Heliothis zia — noun 1. larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops • Syn: ↑corn earworm, ↑cotton bollworm, ↑tomato fruitworm, ↑tobacco budworm, ↑vetchworm • Hypernyms: ↑bollworm …   Useful english dictionary

• tobacco budworm — noun larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops • Syn: ↑corn earworm, ↑cotton bollworm, ↑tomato fruitworm, ↑vetchworm, ↑Heliothis zia • Hypernyms: ↑bollworm …   Useful english dictionary

• Noctuidae — noun cutworms; armyworms • Syn: ↑family Noctuidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidoptera, ↑order Lepidoptera • Member Meronyms …   Useful english dictionary

• corn earworm — /ear werrm / the larva of a cosmopolitan noctuid moth, Heliothis zea, that is highly destructive to crops, esp. corn, cotton, and tomato. Also called bollworm, cotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm. [1795 1805, Amer.] * * * or cotton bollworm or… …   Universalium

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• Helicoverpa — Taxobox name = Helicoverpa image caption = Helicoverpa armigera regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Noctuidae genus = Helicoverpa Helicoverpa is a genus of moth in the Noctuidae family. It contains …   Wikipedia