NOCTUIDAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Noctuidae mean? 

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

1. cutworms; armyworms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOCTUIDAE (noun)

Meaning:

Cutworms; armyworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Noctuidae; Noctuidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Noctuidae"):

genus Spodoptera; Spodoptera; genus Pseudaletia; Pseudaletia (moths whose larvae are armyworms)

Chorizagrotis; genus Chorizagrotis (moths whose larvae are army cutworms)

genus Heliothis; Heliothis (a genus of Noctuidae)

Cerapteryx; genus Cerapteryx (antler moths)

Catacala; genus Catacala (moths whose larvae are cutworms: underwings)

genus Noctua; Noctua (type genus of the Noctuidae: moths whose larvae are cutworms)

cutworm (North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground)

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

corn earworm; cotton bollworm; Heliothis zia; tobacco budworm; tomato fruitworm; vetchworm (larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops)

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

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)