| phthorimaea | (n) potato moths, Syn. genus Phthorimaea |
| potato moth | (n) greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm, Syn. potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella, splitworm |
| potato tuberworm | (n) larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco, Syn. Phthorimaea operculella |