HyperDic: corn_borer_moth

English > 1 sense of the expression corn borer moth:
NOUNanimalcorn borer moth, corn borer, European corn borer moth, Pyrausta nubilalisnative to Europe
English > corn borer moth: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningNative to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn / corn and other plants.
Synonymscorn borer, European corn borer moth, Pyrausta nubilalis
Member ofPyrausta, genus Pyraustamoths whose larvae are corn borers
Broaderpyralid, pyralid mothusually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests

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