palmerworm


palm·er·worm

P0029700 (pä′mər-wûrm′)n. Any of several caterpillars that feed on the leaves of fruit trees, such as the small green caterpillar of the North American moth Dichomeris ligulella.
[From palmer (the caterpillars perhaps being so called because they were thought to move about constantly like palmers on pilgrimage).]

palm•er•worm

(ˈpɑ mərˌwɜrm)

n. the larva of a moth, Dichomeris ligulella, of the eastern U.S., that feeds on the leaves of fruit trees. [1550–60]