fall webworm
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fall webworm
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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The researchers found that the insect with the second-highest number of plant hosts is the fall webworm, a moth that is known to feed on 636 different plant species.
From Science Daily
Likewise, American species are wreaking havoc abroad, including the fall webworm, which devastates thousands of acres of forest in China each year.
From National Geographic
Field tests are being made in several countries: in France and Germany against larvae of the cabbage butterfly, in Yugoslavia against the fall webworm, in the Soviet Union against a tent caterpillar.
From Literature
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