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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuperfamily Noctuoidea — theowlet moths .
Etymologies
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The Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum) is a moth of the family Noctuidae.
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Gonyodon: a tooth-like articulated process at the apex of the femur in some Noctuidae.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Turnip moth (_Agrotis segetum_) and other allied Noctuidae (Owl-moths).
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When the caterpillar is large, the green area is often broken up by pale lines, longitudinal as on the larvae of many Owl Moths (Noctuidae) or oblique, as on the great caterpillars of most Hawk Moths (Sphingidae).
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Seventy cell lines were established by single-cell cloning from a primary culture of cells derived from eggs of the black witch moth (Ascalapha odorata; Lepidoptera, Noctuidae).
BioMed Central - Latest articles Yoshifumi Hashimoto 2010
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Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Australia.
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Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera).
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Inspectors discovered gall midges, which can destroy wheat, larvae of the Noctuidae moth, which eats lettuce plants in its cutworm phase, and striped rice borers, a beetle that eats rice.
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Terán-Vargas AP, Rodriguez JC, Blanco CA, Martinez-Carrillo JL, Cibrian-Tovar J, et al. (2005) Bollgard cotton and resistance of tobacco budworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to conventional insecticides in Southern Tamaulipas, Mexico.
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Heliothis virescens (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the pink bollworm,
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