heliothis zia

Questions about heliothis zia

What does heliothis zia mean?

heliothis zia means "larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for heliothis zia?

Close synonyms include corn earworm, cotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm, tobacco budworm, vetchworm. 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 heliothis zia a common word?

heliothis zia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.