armyworm
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Noun
armyworm (plural armyworms)
- The larva of any of the genera Spodoptera and Mythimna of noctuid moths, which typically feed in large, destructive groups on food crops and grasses.
Derived terms
- African armyworm (Spodoptera exempta)
- beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua)
- Caribbean armyworm (Spodoptera pulchella)
- common armyworm (Mythimna unipuncta)
- cosmopolitan armyworm (Mythimna separata, syn. Leucania loreyi)
- fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)
- false armyworm (Mythimna separata, syn. Leucania loreyi)
- grasslawn armyworm (Spodoptera cilium)
- lawn armyworm (Spodoptera mauritia)
- northern armyworm (Mythimna separata, syn, Persectania ewingii)
- Oriental armyworm (Mythimna separata)
- southern armyworm (Spodoptera eridania)
- sweet potato armyworm (Spodoptera dolichos)
- true armyworm (Mythimna unipuncta)
- velvet armyworm (Spodoptera latifascia)
- western yellowstriped armyworm (Spodoptera praefica)
- yellow-striped armyworm (Spodoptera ornithogalli)
Translations
the larva of any of the genus Spodoptera etc. of noctuid moths
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