#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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