1. Greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm
   "The Phthorimaea operculella can devastate potato crops if not controlled";
   - potato moth, potato tuber moth, splitworm
    
2. Larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco
   - potato tuberworm

Type of: caterpillar, gelechiid, gelechiid moth

Part of: genus Phthorimaea, Phthorimaea

Encyclopedia: Phthorimaea operculella