cabbage worm

Noun

cabbage worm (plural cabbage worms)

1. A small white (Pieris rapae), found in most temperate regions.
2. A large white (Pieris brassicae), of Eurasia and north Africa.
3. A southern cabbage butterfly (Pieris protodice), of North America.
4. A green-veined white (Pieris napi) of Europe and North America.
5. A cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni, family Noctuidae), of much of the northern hemisphere.
6. A cabbage webworm (Hellula undalis, family Crambidae) native to southern Europe or Asia that also injures cabbages and other vegetables in the Gulf states of the United States.
7. A diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella, syn. Plutella maculipennis, family Plutellidae).