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Definition of Loxostege similalis
1. Noun. A variety of webworm.
Generic synonyms: Webworm
Group relationships: Genus Loxostege, Loxostege
2. Noun. Moth whose larvae are garden webworms.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loxostege Similalis
Literary usage of Loxostege similalis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the State Entomologist on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of by Illinois State Entomologist (1905)
"loxostege similalis Guen. This widely distributed and common insect is especially
notable because of its occasional outbreaks in the West, one in 1885, ..."
2. Report of the Illinois State Entomologist Concerning Operations Under the by Illinois State Entomologist (1905)
"loxostege similalis Guen. This widely distributed and common insect is especially
notable because of its occasional outbreaks in the West, one in 1885, ..."
3. Economic Entomology for the Farmer and the Fruit Grower, and for Use as a by John Bernhard Smith (1906)
"The most troublesome species is the "garden web-worm," loxostege similalis, or,
as it used to be called, ..."
4. Injurious Insects: How to Recognize and Control Them by Walter Collins O'Kane (1912)
"Original. skin. Care should be taken not to handle the caterpillar or to touch
it inadvertently. The Garden Webworm (loxostege similalis Gn.) ..."
5. Insects Injurious to Vegetables by Frank Hurlbut Chittenden (1907)
"Garden Webworm (loxostege similalis Gn.).—This species affords an excellent
example of an insect that feeds normally on weeds and only in times of abundance ..."
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