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armyworm

[ ahr-mee-wurm ]

noun

  1. the larva of the noctuid moth Pseudaletia unipuncta, which advances over a region in massive numbers, suggestive of an army, destroying crops of grain and vegetables.
  2. any moth larva that is similar to the noctuid Pseudaletia unipuncta in its habit of advancing over a region in massive numbers, suggestive of an army, destroying agricultural crops.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of armyworm1

An Americanism first recorded in 1735–45; army + worm
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Remarkably, these fern proteins still affected fall armyworm that were resistant to conventional Bt proteins.

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For example, fall armyworms eat through most of the vegetation as they make their way through crops.

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The glass containers, shaking back and forth inside two incubators, are teeming with cells from a pest known as the fall armyworm moth.

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It uses the same technology in myriad other invasive pests, including the fall armyworm and the soybean looper, which it hopes to sell in the U.S. and around the world.

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A study published in January from the International Journal of Pest Management found that climate change can prompt fall armyworm outbreaks.

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