fall cankerworm

noun

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noun

the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm) and Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm).

Origin:
1520–30; canker + worm

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fall cankerworm
noun
green or brown white-striped looper; larva of Alsophila pometaria

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