potato tuberworm

1. 1.

   larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco

   SynonymsPhthorimaea operculella

   Broadercaterpillar

   Part ofPhthorimaea

Questions about potato tuberworm

What does potato tuberworm mean?

potato tuberworm means "larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco".

What is another word for potato tuberworm?

Close synonyms include Phthorimaea operculella. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is potato tuberworm a common word?

potato tuberworm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.