| 单词 | tomato hornworm |
| 释义 | > as lemmastomato hornworm tomato hornworm n. a large caterpillar, the larva of the tomato sphinx moth, Manduca quinquemaculata, which feeds on the leaves of tomatoes and some other plants. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Sphingidae > member of genus Protoparce (tobacco fly) > larva or tobacco worm > caterpillar of protoparce celeus tomato worm1835 tomato hornworm1905 1905 Maryland Agric. Exper. Station: Bull. No. 101. 171 The Tobacco or Tomato Horn-worm. 1928 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Destructive & Useful Insects xvi. 488 The southern or tomato hornworm ranges from the northern states southward far into South America. 2013 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 24 Sept. You aren't a real gardener until you've done battle with tomato hornworms, the scourge of many a tomato patch and, in my case this year, the pepper crop. < as lemmas |
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