Definition of Tobacco Budworm in English :

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Tobacco Budworm meaning in English

Meaning of Tobacco Budworm in English

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Tobacco Budworm pronunciation in English

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Tobacco Budworm

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Noun

1. corn earworm, cotton bollworm, heliothis zia, tobacco budworm, tomato fruitworm, vetchworm

larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops

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Tobacco Budworm

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n.
The larva of a noctuid moth (Heliothis virescens) of the Americas that feeds on and damages the buds of certain crop plants and ornamental plants, especially tobacco, cotton, geraniums, and petunias.

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