tomato fruitworm

tomato fruit·worm

(fro͞ot′wûrm′)n. See corn earworm.

corn′ ear`worm

(ˈɪərˌwɜrm)
n. the larva of a noctuid moth, Heliothis zea, that is a pest of corn ears, cotton bolls, and other crops.

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tomato fruitworm - larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato cropscorn earworm, cotton bollworm, Heliothis zia, tobacco budworm, vetchwormfamily Noctuidae, Noctuidae - cutworms; armywormsbollworm - any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls