PSEUDALETIA

Meaning of PSEUDALETIA in English

ˌsüdəˈlēsh(ē)ə noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from pseud- + Greek aletēs grinder + New Latin -ia

: a genus of noctuid moths whose larvae are armyworms

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

ARMYWORM — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : any of a number of larval noctuid moths that often travel in great multitudes from field …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARMYWORM — /ahr"mee werrm'/ , n. 1. the caterpillar of a noctuid moth, Pseudaletia unipuncta, that often travels in large numbers over …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ARMYWORM — noun Date: 1816 : any of numerous moths whose larvae travel in multitudes from field to field destroying grass, grain, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ARMYWORM — [ar.my.worm] n (1816): any of numerous moths whose larvae travel in multitudes from field to field destroying grass, grain, and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OWLET MOTH — also called Miller, any of the more than 20,000 species in the cosmopolitan insect family Noctuidae (order Lepidoptera), having powdery, …
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