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phthorimaea operculella
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Noun phthorimaea operculella has 2 senses
- phthorimaea operculella(n = noun.animal) potato tuberworm - larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco; Array is a member of genus phthorimaea, phthorimaea
- phthorimaea operculella(n = noun.animal) potato moth, potato tuber moth, splitworm - greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm; Array is a kind of gelechiid, gelechiid moth
is a kind of caterpillar
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