WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Phthorimaea operculella n 1: larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco [syn: potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella] 2: greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm [syn: potato moth, potato tuber moth, splitworm, Phthorimaea operculella]