POTATO TUBERWORM


Meaning of POTATO TUBERWORM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈtü-bər-ˌwərm, -ˈtyü- ]

noun

Date: 1920

: a grayish-brown moth ( Phthorimaea operculella ) whose larva mines the leaves and bores in the stems and tubers of the potato plant and often attacks other solanaceous plants (as tobacco and tomato)

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