cabbage looper

Noun

 * , a widespread noctuid moth which in its caterpillar stage is an important crop pest.
 * 1) * 1948 January, Charles Adolph Weigel, Lynn Garfield Baumhofer, Handbook on Insect Enemies of Flowers and Shrubs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication No. 626, page 3,
 * The cabbage looper ( (Hbn.)) is an example of a caterpillar that feeds more or less exposed on the plant, in contrast to cutworms and borers, which are usually not seen.

Translations

 * Finnish: tupsumetalliyökkönen