Fireworm

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fireworm \Fire"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
     The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of
     the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; -- called
     also {cranberry worm}.
     [1913 Webster]