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Noun: potato tuberworm
  1. Larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco
    "Potato tuberworms can render entire potato harvests unusable";
    - Phthorimaea operculella

Derived forms: potato tuberworms

Type of: caterpillar

Part of: genus Phthorimaea, Phthorimaea

Encyclopedia: Potato tuberworm