noun
larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco
• Syn: ↑Phthorimaea operculella
• Hypernyms: ↑caterpillar
• Member Holonyms: ↑Phthorimaea, ↑genus Phthorimaea
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noun : a small pale brown-headed caterpillar that is the larva of the potato moth and that mines in the leaves and bores in the stems of potato, tobacco, and related plants and commonly overwinters in potato tubers — called also splitworm
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/tooh"beuhr werrm', tyooh"-/
the larva of the potato moth.
[1935-40, Amer.; TUBER + WORM]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.