Phthorimaea operculella


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Noun1.Phthorimaea operculella - larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco
potato tuberworm
genus Phthorimaea, Phthorimaea - potato moths
caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
2.Phthorimaea operculella - greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberwormPhthorimaea operculella - greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm
potato moth, potato tuber moth, splitworm
gelechiid, gelechiid moth - small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests
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Phthorimaea operculella, first detected in Tanzania in the late 1980s by pheromone trapping, is an important pest of potatoes in East Africa (Parker & Hunt 1989).
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bassiana against potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella (Z.) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).
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Lethal and sublethal effects of pesticides on the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and its parasitoid Orgilus lepidus Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).
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Fertility life table of Trichogramma pretiosum (Hym., Trichogrammatidae) in eggs of Tuta absoluta and Phthorimaea operculella (Lep., Gelechiidae) at different temperatures.
Parametros poblacionales, fecundidad y tasa sexual de lineas puras y geneticamente variables de Trichogramma pretiosum Riley (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)
Genetic and biological analysis of colombian Phthorimaea operculella granulovirus isolated from Tecia solanivora (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).
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Biological effects of entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana on the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Seller).
POTENTIAL OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI FOR BIOCONTROL OF SPODOPTERA LITURA FABRICIUS (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)
& LAMAS, G., 2003.--Plantas biocidas usadas en el control de la polilla de la papa, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).
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