noctuid moth

Questions about noctuid moth

What does noctuid moth mean?

noctuid moth means "usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests".

What is another word for noctuid moth?

Close synonyms include noctuid, owlet moth. 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 noctuid moth a common word?

noctuid moth 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.