owlet moth

owlet moth

n.

See noctuid.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

owlet moth - usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests noctuid, noctuid moth moth - typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae family Noctuidae, Noctuidae - cutworms; armyworms underwing - moth having dull forewings and brightly colored hind wings antler moth, Cerapteryx graminis - European moth with white antler-like markings on the forewings; the larvae damage pastures and grasslands heliothis moth, Heliothis zia - medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta - moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes Spodoptera exigua - moth whose larvae are beet armyworms Spodoptera frugiperda - moth whose larvae are fall armyworms