1) Caterpillar 2) Destructive larva
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1) Pest
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Cutworms are not worms, biologically speaking, but caterpillars; they are moth larvae that hide under litter or soil during the day, coming out in the dark to feed on plants. A larva typically attacks the first part of the plant it encounters, namely the stem, often of a seedling, and consequently cuts it down; hence the name cutworm. ==Feeding an...
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• (n.) A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvae of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths.Cutworm: words in the defi...
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(from the article `owlet moth`) ...from dull to colourful and from smooth to hairy. Many species feed on foliage and seeds, whereas others bore through stems and fruits; a few prey ...
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Larva of certain Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) that live in the soil, emerging at night to eat foliage and stems; serious pests of root crops of many other crops as seedlings.
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Cut'worm` noun (Zoology) A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvæ of various species of
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n] - North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
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noun North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
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the caterpillar of any of several noctuid moths, which feeds at night on the stems of young plants, cutting them off at the ground.
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