Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun phthorimaea_operculella

2 senses of phthorimaea operculella

Sense 1
potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella -- (larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco)
       => caterpillar -- (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

Sense 2
potato moth, potato tuber moth, splitworm, Phthorimaea operculella -- (greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm)
       => gelechiid, gelechiid moth -- (small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests)