How to Use diamondback moth in a Sentence
diamondback moth
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The idea is that as the gene will spread among male moths while continuing to kill female moths—and eventually the diamondback moth population will crumble.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 2017-07-11
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The diamondback moths are not irradiated, though, because the irradiation strategy didn’t work.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 2017-09-08
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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.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 2017-12-18
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