Lexic.us

Definition of Corn earworm

1. Noun. Larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corn Earworm

Literary usage of Corn earworm

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

1. IPM and Biological Control of Plant Pests: Field Crops: Bibliography January by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Total soybean acreage treated for corn earworm increased linearly with an ... corn earworm moth activity around soybean fields increased in late July to ..."

2. IPM (Integrated Pest Management) and Biological Control of Plant Pests by Jane P. Gates (1994)
"Over a 5-yr period, 34% of all fields sampled contained parasitized corn earworm and 24.2% contained parasitized fall armyworm. Of 3036 corn earworm ..."

3. Journal of the International Garden Club by International Garden Club (1918)
"To those who grow corn in the warmer parts of the country a pamphlet by GM Collins and JH Kempton on "Breeding Sweet Corn Resistant to the corn earworm" ..."

4. Farm and Garden Rule-book: A Manual of Ready Rules and Reference with by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1911)
"—This insect is also known as the corn earworm and tomato fruit-worm. The caterpillars are over an inch in length, and vary in color from greenish to dark ..."

5. 50 Ways Farmers Can Protect Their Groundwater by Michael C. Hirschi, F. William Simmons, Doug Peterson, Ed Giles (1998)
"Black cutworm 4- to corn earworm Corn leaf aphid Actual size: the size of ;• a dash Corn rootworms European corn borer Seedcorn maggot "Oto* Adult moths ..."

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