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Definition of Noctuidae
1. Noun. Cutworms; armyworms.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Lepidoptera, Order Lepidoptera
Member holonyms: Noctuid, Noctuid Moth, Owlet Moth, Cutworm, Genus Noctua, Noctua, Catacala, Genus Catacala, Cerapteryx, Genus Cerapteryx, Genus Heliothis, Heliothis, Chorizagrotis, Genus Chorizagrotis, Genus Pseudaletia, Pseudaletia, Genus Spodoptera, Spodoptera, Corn Earworm, Cotton Bollworm, Heliothis Zia, Tobacco Budworm, Tomato Fruitworm, Vetchworm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noctuidae
Literary usage of Noctuidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences by Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (1875)
"WHILE preparing the following list of North American Noctuidae, ... And the
literature of the North American Noctuidae requires the very careful reading of ..."
2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1869)
"... reminding us more strongly perhaps of Thecla (favonius), with which latter
genus its structural affinities lie. On a new Genus of Noctuidae allied to ..."
3. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"... State had to organise measures for its extermination on an immense and expensive
scale, 375000 dollars being spent in 1890—1894. FAMILY IV.—Noctuidae ..."
4. Report Upon Cotton Insects: Prepared Under the Direction of the Commissioner by John Henry Comstock (1879)
"Mr. Grote in his "List of the Noctuidae of North America"* places all North
American Noctuids in the three tribes, ..."
5. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"... and a great variety of species of Noctuidae, also grasshoppers, crickets,
mosquitoes, caddis flies, and in fact almost any sort of insect available. ..."
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