单词 | corn earworm |
释义 | > as lemmascorn earworm In full corn earworm. The larva of either of two noctuid moths of the genus Helicoverpa, H. zea of the New World and H. armigera of the Old World, which are major pests of a wide variety of agricultural crops; (also) the moth itself. Also called cotton bollworm. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > member of (noctuid) antler1775 owlet moth1846 noctuid1873 earworm1882 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > caterpillar of heliothis armigera (mealie-cob) earworm1882 mealie-cob worm1911 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by feeding or parasitism > parasite(s) > that infests cotton pod boll-worm1848 earworm1882 1882 J. A. Lintner in 1st. Ann. Rep. Injurious & Other Insects State N.Y. 121 The caterpillar is known as the ‘corn-worm’ throughout the South when it occurs on corn... Other names sometimes applied to it, are the ‘ear-worm’, the ‘tassel-worm’, and the ‘terminal bud worm’. 1923 H. C. Thompson Veg. Crops xxvii. 449 The corn earworm..is the same as the bollworm of cotton and the fruitworm of tomato. 1974 New Zealand Jrnl. Agric. Res. 2 201/1 Methomyl..is used in particular against lepidopterous larvae such as the tomato fruitworm or corn earworm (Helicoverpa armigera). 2013 Columbian (Nexis) 20 Oct. a1 The other option is to grow a genetically engineered variety of corn bred to resist earworm. < as lemmas |
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