PSEUDALETIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pseudaletia mean? 

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

1. moths whose larvae are armyworms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSEUDALETIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moths whose larvae are armyworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pseudaletia; Pseudaletia

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Pseudaletia"):

armyworm; Pseudaletia unipuncta (moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes)

army worm; armyworm; Pseudaletia unipuncta (noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain)

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

family Noctuidae; Noctuidae (cutworms; armyworms)