heliothis zia

English Thesaurus

1. medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	noctuid, noctuid moth, owlet moth,
definition	:	usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus heliothis, heliothis,
definition	:	a genus of Noctuidae (noun.animal)

2. larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bollworm,
definition	:	any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls (noun.animal)

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