corn earworm vs Heliothis zia

corn earworm and Heliothis zia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
corn earworm	Yes	No	No	No
Heliothis zia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, corn earworm and Heliothis zia are synonyms defined as:

corn earworm and Heliothis zia: larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops

Other synonyms of corn earworm include cotton bollworm, tobacco budworm, tomato fruitworm, vetchworm.

corn earworm (noun)	Heliothis zia (noun)
larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops	medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms
	larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops