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Definition of Cutworms

Cutworm
Cutworm Cut"worm` (-w?rm`), n. (Zo["o]l.) A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larv[ae] of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths.

Meaning of Cutworms from wikipedia

- noctuid species are not cutworms, and some moths whose larvae have essentially the same habit, which justifies calling them cutworms, are not noctuids. The...
- On dry, low elevation rangelands of the U.S. Intermountain West, army cutworms consume exotic cheatgr**** (Bromus tectorum) and mustards to produce cheatgr****...
- like the letter "Y" or the Gr**** letter upsilon. The larvae are known as "cutworms" because they cut plants and other crops. The larvae are serious agricultural...
- The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family...
- Peridroma saucia, the pearly underwing or variegated cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1808...
- Spotted cutworm refers to the caterpillar larvae of certain Noctuinae moth, in particular: Xestia c-nigrum, of the Palaearctic Setaceous Hebrew Character...
- "Rediscovery of Tarichium megaspermum (Entomophthoraceae) in Canadian cutworms (Noctuidae)". Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 23 (2): 157–163. doi:10...
- close to the sea level. Its caterpillar was known as the larger Hawaiian cutworm. The last living moths were seen in 1926. Five specimens have been preserved...
- nutmeg (Hadula trifolii or Anarta trifolii), also known as the clover cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Western Palearctic...
- (1971). "Contributions to the Bionomics of Climbing Cutworms; the Life History of the Mottled Gray Cutworm, Abagrotis alternata". Journal of Economic Entomology...