Noctuidae

noun

cutworms; armyworms

• Syn: ↑family Noctuidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidoptera, ↑order Lepidoptera

• Member Meronyms:

↑noctuid moth, ↑noctuid, ↑owlet moth, ↑cutworm, ↑Noctua, ↑genus Noctua, ↑Catacala, ↑genus Catacala, ↑Cerapteryx, ↑genus Cerapteryx, ↑Heliothis, ↑genus Heliothis, ↑Chorizagrotis, ↑genus Chorizagrotis, ↑Pseudaletia, ↑genus Pseudaletia, ↑Spodoptera, ↑genus Spodoptera, ↑corn earworm, ↑cotton bollworm, ↑tomato fruitworm, ↑tobacco budworm, ↑vetchworm, ↑Heliothis zia

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\\näkˈtüəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Noctua, type genus + -idae

: a large nearly cosmopolitan family of medium-sized stout-bodied dull-colored night-flying moths with usually naked larvae that include many destructive agricultural pests (as the cutworms and armyworms) — see noctua, owlet moth; compare bollworm, cotton leafworm, dagger moth, underwing