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Phthorimaea operculella

DEFINITIONS OF: Phthorimaea operculella

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n greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm

Synonyms:
potato moth, potato tuber moth, splitworm
Type of:
gelechiid, gelechiid moth
small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests

n larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco

Synonyms:
potato tuberworm
Type of:
caterpillar
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
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