striped noctuid moth

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• yellow-striped armyworm — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) noun : a caterpillar that is the larva of a noctuid moth (Prodenia ornithogalli) and that is a general plant feeder in the western United States and a serious pest on cotton in the southern states …   Useful english dictionary

• Cabbage — This article is about the vegetable. For other uses, see Cabbage (disambiguation). Cabbage Cabbage and its cross section Details …   Wikipedia

• 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

• cabbage looper — noun : a pale green white striped measuring worm (Trichoplusia ni) that is the larva of a moth of the family Noctuidae and that feeds on the leaves of cabbage and other cruciferous plants * * * the larva of a noctuid moth, Trichoplusia ni, common …   Useful english dictionary

• cabbage looper — noun Date: circa 1902 a noctuid moth (Trichoplusia ni) having pale green white striped larvae that feed on cruciferous plants …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• corn earworm — noun Date: 1802 a noctuid moth (Helicoverpa zea syn. Heliothis zea) whose large striped yellow headed larva is especially destructive to Indian corn, tomatoes, tobacco, and cotton bolls …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• tobacco budworm — noun Date: 1918 an American noctuid moth (Heliothis virescens syn. Helicoverpa virescens) whose striped and variably colored larva feeds on buds and young leaves especially of tobacco and cotton …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Noctuidae — Owlet moths Egybolis vaillantina Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

• army worm — ☆ army worm n. any of the larvae of certain noctuid moths, esp. of the moth (Pseudaletia unipuncta) of which the caterpillar is dark striped green and yellow: these larvae travel in large groups, ruining crops and grass * * * …   Universalium

• army worm — ☆ army worm n. any of the larvae of certain noctuid moths, esp. of the moth (Pseudaletia unipuncta) of which the caterpillar is dark striped green and yellow: these larvae travel in large groups, ruining crops and grass …   English World dictionary