Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pyrausta_nubilalis

2 senses of pyrausta nubilalis

Sense 1
corn borer, Pyrausta nubilalis -- (larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize)
       => caterpillar -- (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

Sense 2
corn borer, European corn borer moth, corn borer moth, Pyrausta nubilalis -- (native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants)
       => pyralid, pyralid moth -- (usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests)