EUROPEAN CORN BORER MOTH

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Meaning:

Native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants

Synonyms:

corn borer; corn borer moth; European corn borer moth; Pyrausta nubilalis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("European corn borer moth" is a kind of...):

pyralid; pyralid moth (usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests)

Holonyms ("European corn borer moth" is a member of...):

genus Pyrausta; Pyrausta (moths whose larvae are corn borers)

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