corn earworm

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corn earworm (plural corn earworms)

  1. The large striped yellow-headed larva of moths of species Helicoverpa zea (syn. Heliothis zea) and Helicoverpa armigera, especially destructive to corn, tomatoes, tobacco, and cotton bolls.

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