the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > member of (moth) > young > that live below surface of soil (3)
any of various noctuid moth larvae that feed on plants just below the surface of the soil; a cutworm.
(a) = surface caterpillar n.; (b) a leatherjacket (crane fly larva).
(a) a gribble (genus Limnoria); (b) = surface caterpillar n.; (c) a worm found at or near the surface of the ground, ocean, etc.