Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The larva of Gortyna nitela, a noctuid moth of North America, which is noted as a pest to potato, corn, tomato, and a number of other plants.
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Examples
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When the plants are sprayed with arsenicals for other insects this will operate to a certain extent against the stalk-borer.
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Hence it can always be readily distinguished from the larva of the stalk-borer, which has invariably sixteen legs, no matter how small it may be.
The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. D. A. Compton 1846
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The larva of the stalk-borer moth leaves the stalk in which it burrowed about the latter part of July, and descends a little below the surface of the earth, where in about three days it changes into the pupa, or chrysalis state.
The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. D. A. Compton 1846
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(From Chittenden, U.S. Dept. Agr.)] = The stalk-borer =, as its name implies, attacks the stalk, and is an intermittent pest, though quite annoying at times.
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