cutworm

English Thesaurus

1. North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	caterpillar,
definition	:	a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	army cutworm, chorizagrotis auxiliaris,
definition	:	larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family noctuidae, noctuidae,
definition	:	cutworms; armyworms (noun.animal)