English noun: tobacco budworm | |||
1. | tobacco budworm (animal) larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops | ||
Synonyms | corn earworm, cotton bollworm, Heliothis zia, tomato fruitworm, vetchworm | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bollworm | ||
Member meronym | family Noctuidae, Noctuidae | ||