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 | ||