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tobacco budworm

DEFINITIONS OF: tobacco budworm

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

Synonyms:
Heliothis zia, corn earworm, cotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm, vetchworm
Type of:
bollworm
any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
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