Heliothis zia
1. larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops • Syn: corn earworm, cotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm, tobacco budworm, vetchworm • Hypernyms: bollworm • Member Holonyms: Noctuidae, family Noctuidae 2. medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms • Syn: heliothis moth • Hypernyms: noctuid moth, noctuid, owlet moth • Member Holonyms: Heliothis, genus Heliothis
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