单词 | potato moth |
释义 | > as lemmaspotato moth potato moth n. = potato tuber moth n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types > miscellaneous types > gnorimoschema operculella (potato tuber moth) potato moth1854 potato tuber moth1892 1854 E. Emmons Agric. N.Y. V. xxi. 219 Sphinx quinquemaculatus... This is the common potato-moth, the larva of which descends into the earth to transform. 1926 R. J. Tillyard Insects Austral. & N.Z. xxviii. 426 The Potato Moth..is an introduced pest of potatoes, tomatoes and tobacco in both countries. 2004 Food & Agric. Rep. (Nexis) 15 Dec. Russian inspectors have returned some consignments of new potatoes infected by potato moths. < as lemmas |
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