bollworm

Thân thiện

A bollworm caterpillar eats its way into a cotton boll.

Definition

Noun: 1. A type of moth larva (caterpillar): Specifically, the larva of certain moths that is a major agricultural pest, known for feeding on and damaging the developing seed pods (bolls) of cotton and other plants.

Usage

• The term is used primarily in agricultural and entomological contexts to describe a destructive pest.
• It refers to the larval stage of the insect, not the adult moth.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The cotton crop was severely damaged by the bollworm infestation.
  • Farmers use integrated pest management to control bollworm populations.

Advanced Usage

• "Pink bollworm": A specific and highly destructive species () that bores into cotton bolls.
  • The pink bollworm has developed resistance to some common pesticides.
• "Corn earworm" or "tomato fruitworm": The same species () is often called bollworm when it attacks cotton.
  • This caterpillar, known as the corn earworm, also acts as a bollworm in cotton fields.

Variants and Related Words

• Boll (n): The rounded seed capsule of plants like cotton.
• Boll weevil (n): A different type of beetle pest that also attacks cotton bolls.

Synonyms

• Cotton bollworm (n): A more specific synonym.
• Larva (n): The general term for the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect.
• Caterpillar (n): The larval form of a butterfly or moth.

Related Phrases

• Bollworm resistance: Refers to a plant's or a pesticide's ability to withstand bollworm damage.
  • This new cotton variety has been engineered for bollworm resistance.

Học thuật

Noun

1. any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls