HyperDic: beet_armyworm

English > 1 sense of the expression *beet armyworm*:
NOUN	animal	beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua	moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables

English > *beet armyworm*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables.
Synonym	Spodoptera exigua
Member of	Spodoptera, genus Spodoptera	moths whose larvae are armyworms / armyworms / armyworms
Broader	caterpillar	A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth