HyperDic: chorizagrotis_auxiliaris

English > 1 sense of the expression Chorizagrotis auxiliaris:
NOUNanimalChorizagrotis auxiliaris, army cutwormlarvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states
English > Chorizagrotis auxiliaris: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states.
Synonymarmy cutworm
Member ofChorizagrotis, genus Chorizagrotismoths whose larvae are army cutworms
BroadercutwormNorth American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground

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