| NOUN | animal | noctuid moth, noctuid, owlet moth | usually dull / dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth |
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| Meaning | usually dull / dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests. | |
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| Synonyms | noctuid, owlet moth | |
| Member of | Noctuidae, family Noctuidae | cutworms |
| Narrower | Spodoptera exigua | moth whose larvae are beet armyworms |
| Spodoptera frugiperda | moth whose larvae are fall armyworms | |
| antler moth, Cerapteryx graminis | European moth with white antler-like markings on the forewings | |
| armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta | moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes | |
| heliothis moth, Heliothis zia | medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms | |
| underwing | moth having dull / dull forewings and brightly colored hind wings | |
| Broader | moth | typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae |
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