pyrausta nubilalis

Questions about pyrausta nubilalis

What does pyrausta nubilalis mean?

pyrausta nubilalis means "larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pyrausta nubilalis?

Close synonyms include corn borer, corn borer, European corn borer moth, corn borer 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 pyrausta nubilalis a common word?

pyrausta nubilalis 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.