cabbage moth

American  

noun

1. diamondback moth.

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cabbage moth British  

noun

1. a common brownish noctuid moth, Mamestra brassicae, the larva of which is destructive of cabbages and other plants

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Etymology

Origin of cabbage moth

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Other insects that prey upon the cabbage tribe, in their caterpillar state, are the cabbage moth, white-line, brown-eyed moth, large white garden butterfly, white and green veined butterfly.

From Cabbages and Cauliflowers: How to Grow Them A Practical Treatise, Giving Full Details On Every Point, Including Keeping And Marketing The Crop by Gregory, James John Howard