corn borer moth

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corn borer moth - native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plantsEuropean corn borer moth, Pyrausta nubilalis, corn borerpyralid, pyralid moth - usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pestsgenus Pyrausta, Pyrausta - moths whose larvae are corn borers