PSEUDALETIA UNIPUNCTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pseudaletia unipuncta mean? 

• PSEUDALETIA UNIPUNCTA (noun)
  The noun PSEUDALETIA UNIPUNCTA has 2 senses:

1. noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain

2. moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSEUDALETIA UNIPUNCTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

army worm; armyworm; Pseudaletia unipuncta

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

caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

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

genus Pseudaletia; Pseudaletia (moths whose larvae are armyworms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

armyworm; Pseudaletia unipuncta

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

noctuid; noctuid moth; owlet moth (usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests)

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

genus Pseudaletia; Pseudaletia (moths whose larvae are armyworms)