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Definition of Spring cankerworm
1. Noun. Variably colored looper; larva of Paleacrita vernata.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spring Cankerworm
Literary usage of Spring cankerworm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station (1895)
"Both are evidently natives of this country, and have never been reported as
occurring outside of North America. THE spring cankerworm. ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"One is on the wing in the autumn and the other in the spring. The moths of the
spring cankerworm ..."
3. The Review of Applied Entomology by Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Imperial Bureau of Entomology (1916)
"(spring cankerworm) emerges from the ground and deposits its eggs upon the bark
in small clusters during the first warm days of spring. ..."
4. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1905)
"Much spraying with paris green was resorted to, but as usual the results mostly
proved failures. FIG. 17. spring cankerworm ..."
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