lesser cornstalk borer

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noun

the larva of a widely distributed pyralid moth, Elasmopalpus lignosellus, that damages corn and some other crops by boring into the part of the stalk close to the soil.

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Origin of lesser cornstalk borer

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby lesser cornstalk borer

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