Phthorimaea operculella
1. larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco • Syn: potato tuberworm • Hypernyms: caterpillar • Member Holonyms: Phthorimaea, genus Phthorimaea 2. greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm • Syn: potato moth, potato tuber moth, splitworm • Hypernyms: gelechiid, gelechiid moth
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