WordNet
n. larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops [syn: cotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm, tobacco budworm, vetchworm, Heliothis zia]
Wikipedia
Corn earworm may refer to:
- Helicoverpa armigera, a species of moth widespread across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania
- Helicoverpa zea, a species of moth widespread across the Americas
Usage examples of "corn earworm".
One is called the native budworm and the other, the corn earworm or the cotton bollworm - a good rowdy name for this pest.
The corn earworm moth, whose hungry larvae can decimate an otherwise healthy crop, has antennae tuned to these as well as other specific frequencies, with the result that when the female flies about on a clear moonlit night, she 'sees' - through her antennae - the whole field lit up, like an array of a myriad natural light bulbs.
The director of the county extension office must have rattled off two dozen possibilities, including the corn borer, corn earworm, corn weevil, corn beetle, corn-root aphid, and a very common parasitic fungus called corn smut.
Ethan had expected a worm: earthworm, corn earworm, cutworm, leech, caterpillar, trematode, one type of worm or another.