genus spodoptera

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   moths whose larvae are armyworms

   SynonymsSpodoptera

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofNoctuidae

Questions about genus spodoptera

What does genus spodoptera mean?

genus spodoptera means "moths whose larvae are armyworms".

What is another word for genus spodoptera?

Close synonyms include Spodoptera. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus spodoptera a common word?

genus spodoptera is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.