#caterpillar a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth supertype: larva the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose member of: order_Lepidoptera subtype: tussock_caterpillar__tussockcaterpillar larva of a tussock moth subtype: cankerworm green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees subtype: spring_cankerworm variably colored looper; larva of Paleacrita vernata subtype: fall_cankerworm green or brown white-striped looper; larva of Alsophila pometaria subtype: measuring_worm__measuringworm__inchworm__looper small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae subtype: potato_tuberworm__Phthorimaea_operculella larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco subtype: cutworm North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground subtype: Chorizagrotis_auxiliaris__army_cutworm noctuid moth larvae that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the Plains states subtype: army_worm__Pseudaletia_unipuncta noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain subtype: beet_armyworm__Spodoptera_exigua moth larva that eats foliage of beets and vegetables subtype: fall_armyworm__Spodoptera_frugiperda larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains subtype: tobacco_hornworm__tobaccohornworm__tomato_worm__Manduca_sexta large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm subtype: tomato_hornworm__potato_worm__Manduca_quinquemaculata large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm subtype: silkworm hairless white caterpillar of the Chinese silkworm moth; source of most commercial silk subtype: giant_silkworm__giantsilkworm__silkworm__wild_wilkworm larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon subtype: ailanthus_silkworm__ailanthussilkworm__Samia_cynthia large green silkworm of the cynthia moth subtype: tent_caterpillar the larvae of moths that build communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees subtype: forest_tent_caterpillar__Malacosoma_disstria larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees subtype: lappet_caterpillar larva of a lappet moth subtype: webworm several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed subtype: fall_webworm__Hyphantria_cunea a variety of webworm subtype: garden_webworm__Loxostege_similalis a variety of webworm subtype: corn_borer__Pyrausta_nubilalis larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize subtype: bollworm any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls subtype: pink_bollworm__Gelechia_gossypiella larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls subtype: corn_earworm__cotton_bollworm__tomato_fruitworm__tobacco_budworm__tobaccobudworm__vetchworm__heliothiszia larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops subtype: cabbageworm__pierisrapae toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly subtype: woolly_bear_caterpillar__woolly_bear caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests subtype: woolly_bear_moth larva of moth of the family Arctiidae
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