palmerworm

noun2

1. •
   A gelechiid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, destructive to fruit trees.
2. •
   (no longer used) Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.

   • And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. — 1611