corn borer

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1. native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	pyralid, pyralid moth,
definition	:	usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus pyrausta, pyrausta,
definition	:	moths whose larvae are corn borers (noun.animal)

2. larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize (noun.animal)

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

member meronym	:	family pyralidae, family pyralididae, pyralidae, pyralididae,
definition	:	bee moths; corn borers; flour moths (noun.animal)