bollworm : Idioms & Phrases

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cotton bollworm

  • noun larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
    corn earworm; tobacco budworm; tomato fruitworm; Heliothis zia; vetchworm.
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pink bollworm

  • noun larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls
    Gelechia gossypiella.
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