SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spodoptera frugiperda mean? 

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

1. larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains

2. moth whose larvae are fall armyworms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

fall armyworm; Spodoptera frugiperda

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Moth whose larvae are fall armyworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Spodoptera frugiperda" 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 frugiperda" is a member of...):

genus Spodoptera; Spodoptera (moths whose larvae are armyworms)