webworm

English

Alternative forms

• web worm

Etymology

From web +‎ worm.

Pronunciation

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Noun

webworm (plural webworms)

1. Any of various caterpillars, of diverse moth families, that spin a web; the moth species of such a caterpillar.

Derived terms

• ailanthus webworm (Atteva aurea: family Attevidae)
• alfalfa webworm (Loxostege commixtalis: Crambidae)
• beet webworm (Spoladea recurvalis: family Crambidae)
• cabbage webworm (Hellula undalis, Hellula rogatalis: family Crambidae)
• corn root webworm (Neodactria caliginosellus: family Crambidae)
• cotoneaster webworm (Athrips rancidella: family Gelechiidae)
• fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea: family Erebidae)
• garden webworm (Aristotelia roseosuffusella: family Gelechiidae)
• grass webworm (Calamotropha leptogrammellus: family Crambidae)
• Hawaiian beet webworm (Spoladea recurvalis: family Crambidae)
• juniper webworm (Aethes rutilana: family Tortricidae)
• mimosa webworm (Homadaula anisocentra: family Galacticidae)
• oak webworm (Archips fervidana: family Tortricidae)
• Old World webworm (Hellula undalis: family Crambidae)
• orange webworm (Dichomeris citrifoliella: family Gelechiidae)
• pale juniper webworm (Aethes rutilana: family Tortricidae)
• papaya webworm (Davara caricae: family: Tortricidae)
• parsnip webworm (Depressaria radiella: family Oecophoridae)
• pasture webworm (Hednota longipalpella: family Crambidae)
• pine false webworm (Acantholyda erythrocephala: family Pamphiliidae)
• pine webworm (Pococera robustella: family Pyralidae)
• sod webworm (Crambus and Herpetogramma spp.: family Crambidae)
• sorghum webworm (Nola cereella: famiy Nolidae)
• tropical grass webworm (Herpetogramma licarsisalis: family Crambidae)
• turf webworm
• webworm moth

References

• webworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “webworm”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.