SPODOPTERA EXIGUA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spodoptera exigua mean? 

• SPODOPTERA EXIGUA (noun)
  The noun SPODOPTERA EXIGUA has 2 senses:

1. moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables

2. moth whose larvae are beet armyworms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPODOPTERA EXIGUA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

beet armyworm; Spodoptera exigua

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

caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

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

genus Spodoptera; Spodoptera (moths whose larvae are armyworms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Moth whose larvae are beet armyworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

noctuid; noctuid moth; owlet moth (usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests)

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

genus Spodoptera; Spodoptera (moths whose larvae are armyworms)