noctuid moth

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noctuid moth - usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pestsnoctuid, owlet mothmoth - typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennaefamily Noctuidae, Noctuidae - cutworms; armywormsunderwing - moth having dull forewings and brightly colored hind wingsantler moth, Cerapteryx graminis - European moth with white antler-like markings on the forewings; the larvae damage pastures and grasslandsheliothis moth, Heliothis zia - medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earwormsarmyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta - moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudesSpodoptera exigua - moth whose larvae are beet armywormsSpodoptera frugiperda - moth whose larvae are fall armyworms