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

2 senses of spodoptera exigua

Sense 1
beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua -- (moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables)
       => caterpillar -- (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

Sense 2
Spodoptera exigua -- (moth whose larvae are beet armyworms)
       => noctuid moth, noctuid, owlet moth -- (usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests)