This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

• Lexulous
• Wordscraper
• Wordosaur

n. The pink bollworm.

n. See corn earworm.

n. The larvae of any of various species of moth that are pests to some agricultural crops

n. The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.

n. The larva or caterpillar of a lepidopterous insect of the family Noctuidæ, Heliothis armigera, very destructive in some seasons to the cotton-crop on account of its attacks on the bolls.

n. any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls

"(From Chittenden, U.S. Department of Agriculture)] = The tomato fruit worm = (Fig. 40) known as the bollworm of cotton and the ear worm of corn, is frequently the cause of serious trouble to tomato growers, especially in the southern states, due to its pernicious habit of eating into and destroying the green and ripening fruit."

caterpillar   

pink bollworm    corn earworm    gelechia gossypiella    cotton bollworm    vetchworm   

pink bollworm