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HELIOTHIS ZIA

English dictionary: Word overview

HELIOTHIS ZIA (noun)
  The noun HELIOTHIS ZIA has 2 senses:

1. larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
2. medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms

  Familiarity information: HELIOTHIS ZIA used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


HELIOTHIS ZIA (noun)


Sense 1Heliothis zia [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

corn earworm; cotton bollworm; Heliothis zia; tobacco budworm; tomato fruitworm; vetchworm

Hypernyms ("Heliothis zia" is a kind of...):

bollworm (any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls)

Holonyms ("Heliothis zia" is a member of...):

family Noctuidae; Noctuidae (cutworms; armyworms)


Sense 2Heliothis zia [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

heliothis moth; Heliothis zia

Hypernyms ("Heliothis zia" 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 ("Heliothis zia" is a member of...):

genus Heliothis; Heliothis (a genus of Noctuidae)


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