SPODOPTERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spodoptera mean? 

• SPODOPTERA (noun)
  The noun SPODOPTERA has 1 sense:

1. moths whose larvae are armyworms

  Familiarity information: SPODOPTERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPODOPTERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moths whose larvae are armyworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Spodoptera; Spodoptera

Hypernyms ("Spodoptera" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Spodoptera"):

Spodoptera exigua (moth whose larvae are beet armyworms)

beet armyworm; Spodoptera exigua (moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables)

Spodoptera frugiperda (moth whose larvae are fall armyworms)

Holonyms ("Spodoptera" is a member of...):

family Noctuidae; Noctuidae (cutworms; armyworms)