单词 | potato tuber moth |
释义 | > as lemmaspotato tuber moth potato tuber moth n. a small grey-brown moth, Phthorimaea operculella (family Gelechiidae), native to tropical America but now a cosmopolitan pest, whose larvae attack potato tubers and other crop plants of the family Solanaceae. 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 1892 Insect Life 4 239 (heading) The Potato-Tuber Moth. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Sept. 221/3 The district is not suited to the growing of late potatoes because from January onward the potato tuber moth is very active. 1991 Amer. Horticulturist Sept. 24/1 The ‘hairy potato’..is resistant to all major potato pests including the potato tuber moth, the Colorado potato beetle, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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