Definition of Noctuidae

1. Noun. Cutworms; armyworms.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Noctuidae

Nocardia
Nocardia brasiliensis
Nocardia caviae
Nocardia dacryoliths
Nocardia farcinica
Nocardia gibsonii
Nocardia leishmanii
Nocardia lurida
Nocardia lutea
Nocardia madurae
Nocardia mediterranei
Nocardia orientalis
Noctiluca
Noctiluca miliaris
Noctua
Noctuidae (current term)
Noel
Noel Coward
Noele
Noeleen
Noelene
Noelle
Noemi
Noemvriana
Noether
Noether's theorem
Noetherian
Noetian
Noetians
Nogai

Literary usage of Noctuidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences by Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (1875)
"WHILE preparing the following list of North American Noctuidae, ... And the literature of the North American Noctuidae requires the very careful reading of ..."

2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1869)
"... reminding us more strongly perhaps of Thecla (favonius), with which latter genus its structural affinities lie. On a new Genus of Noctuidae allied to ..."

3. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"... State had to organise measures for its extermination on an immense and expensive scale, 375000 dollars being spent in 1890—1894. FAMILY IV.—Noctuidae ..."

4. Report Upon Cotton Insects: Prepared Under the Direction of the Commissioner by John Henry Comstock (1879)
"Mr. Grote in his "List of the Noctuidae of North America"* places all North American Noctuids in the three tribes, ..."

5. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"... and a great variety of species of Noctuidae, also grasshoppers, crickets, mosquitoes, caddis flies, and in fact almost any sort of insect available. ..."

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