cabbage looper
: a noctuid moth (Trichoplusia ni) having pale green white-striped larvae that feed on cruciferous plants
Recent Examples on the Web
//Corn earworms, cabbage loopers, aphids, and flea beetles may also become a problem.
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The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, "Your Complete Guide To Growing Okra," 21 Feb. 2018
//Pests monitored: Pheromone lures are available for diamondback moths and moths that produce armyworms, cabbage loopers, corn earworms, European corn borers, tomato pinworms, and cutworms.
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The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, "The 7 Best Organic Pest Control Techniques For Your Garden," 18 Dec. 2017
//One key is to limit insecticidal spraying to a specific target such as stink bugs on your peaches or cabbage loopers on your broccoli.
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Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, "Attracting and producing butterflies in your landscape," 6 Apr. 2018
//Garlic deters rabbits as well as tree borers, aphids, cabbage looper, codling moths, Japanese beetles, snails, carrot root flies, ants and cabbage maggots.
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OregonLive.com, "In vegetable gardens, good-neighbor planting makes all the difference," 29 Mar. 2018
First Known Use of cabbage looper
1895, in the meaning defined above
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