Overview of noun phthorimaea_operculella

The noun phthorimaea operculella has 2 senses

• potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella -- (larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco)


• potato moth, potato tuber moth, splitworm, Phthorimaea operculella -- (greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm)