Noun phthorimaea operculella has 2 senses
  1. potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella - larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco
    --1 is a kind of caterpillar
    --1 is a member of Phthorimaea, genus Phthorimaea
  2. potato moth, potato tuber moth, splitworm, Phthorimaea operculella - grayish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm
    --2 is a kind of gelechiid, gelechiid moth
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