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cabbage looper

cabbage looper noun: trichoplusia ni, a widespread noctuid moth which in its caterpillar stage is an important crop pest.

cabbage looper: trichoplusia ni, a widespread noctuid moth which in its caterpillar stage is an important crop pest
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Noun

cabbage looper (plural cabbage loopers)

  1. Trichoplusia ni, a widespread noctuid moth which in its caterpillar stage is an important crop pest.
    • The cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni (Hbn.)) is an example of a caterpillar that feeds more or less exposed on the plant, in contrast to cutworms and borers, which are usually not seen.1948 January, Charles Adolph Weigel, Lynn Garfield Baumhofer, Handbook on Insect Enemies of Flowers and Shrubs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication No. 626, page 3
    • Cabbage looper replaced imported cabbageworm, Pieris rapae (Linnaeus), as the dominant cabbage caterpillar in the 1950s, apparently due to greater susceptibility of the latter to most insecticides. In recent years, diamondback moth has emerged as a more important pest than cabbage looper...2001, John L. Capinera, Handbook of Vegetable Pests, page 391

cabbage looper meaning in Tamil

cabbage looper in Tamil

கோசு வளைவுப்புழு

Examples of cabbage looper in a sentence

  • Cabbage looper replaced imported cabbageworm, Pieris rapae (Linnaeus), as the dominant cabbage caterpillar in the 1950s, apparently due to greater susceptibility of the latter to most insecticides.2001, John L. Capinera, Handbook of Vegetable Pests, page 391:
  • Cabbage looper (family Noctuidae, subfamily Plusiinae) is a rare pest in citrus.[…]A nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV) and about two dozen parasite species kill cabbage loopers.2012, Steve H. Dreistadt, Integrated Pest Management for Citrus, 3rd edition, page 149:

Forms of cabbage looper

pluralcabbage loopers

Questions about cabbage looper

What does cabbage looper mean?
Cabbage looper means trichoplusia ni, a widespread noctuid moth which in its caterpillar stage is an important crop pest.
What is cabbage looper in Tamil?
Cabbage looper in Tamil is கோசு வளைவுப்புழு. See Cabbage looper meaning in Tamil.
How do you use cabbage looper in a sentence?
Cabbage looper replaced imported cabbageworm, Pieris rapae (Linnaeus), as the dominant cabbage caterpillar in the 1950s, apparently due to greater susceptibility of the latter to most insecticides.
What part of speech is cabbage looper?
Cabbage looper is a noun.
What is the plural of cabbage looper?
The plural of cabbage looper is cabbage loopers.

Words near cabbage looper in the dictionary

  1. cabbage gums
  2. cabbage head
  3. cabbage heads
  4. cabbage lettuce
  5. cabbage lettuces
  6. cabbage looper
  7. cabbage loopers
  8. cabbage moth
  9. cabbage moths
  10. Cabbage Night
  11. Cabbage Nights

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