noun. Any of various noctuid moth caterpillars that damage crops, often by cutting through plant stems at the soil surface.

noun. A name given to a large number of lepidopterous larvæ belonging to the family Noctuidæ.

noun. A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvæ of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths.

noun. the larva of any of many moths ,of the family Noctuidae, that is an agricultural pest

noun. North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground

"Apache Point called them miller moths—later research revealed them to be the adult form of the black cutworm—and every spring in New Mexico, they migrate to high elevations."

bean cutworm  black cutworm  bronzed cutworm  climbing cutworm  clover cutworm  

caterpillar  

army cutworm  chorizagrotis auxiliaris  

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