cotton leaf caterpillar
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cotton leafworm — noun : the slender greenish black and white marked larva of a tropical American noctuid moth (Alabama argillacea) that migrates northward as far as southeastern Canada in the spring and deposits its eggs on cotton leaves on which the larvae feed… … Useful english dictionary
leaf|worm — «LEEF WURM», noun. a moth caterpillar that feeds on the leaves of plants, especially cotton … Useful english dictionary
Caterpillar — Caterpillars are the larval form of a member of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). They are mostly phytophagous in food habit, with some species being entomophagous. Caterpillars are voracious feeders and… … Wikipedia
List of Lepidoptera that feed on cotton plants — Cotton plants ( Gossypium spp ) are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species including:Monophagous species which feed exclusively on Gossypium * Bucculatrix leaf miners::* B. gossypiella :* B. gossypii :* B. loxoptila… … Wikipedia
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lepidopteran — /lep i dop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. lepidopterous. n. 2. a lepidopterous insect. [1850 55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any of the more than 100,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: scaly wing ): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The… … Universalium
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