bollworm
Noun
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Any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls (synset 102312652)
is a type of: caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or mothsubtypes:
- gelechia gossypiella, pink bollworm - larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls
- 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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