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PYRAUSTA NUBILALIS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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 ("Pyrausta nubilalis" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Pyrausta nubilalis" is a member of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize

Synonyms:

corn borer; Pyrausta nubilalis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Pyrausta nubilalis" is a kind of...):

caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

Holonyms ("Pyrausta nubilalis" is a member of...):

family Pyralidae; family Pyralididae; Pyralidae; Pyralididae (bee moths; corn borers; flour moths)

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