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GENUS PHTHORIMAEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phthorimaea mean?
• GENUS PHTHORIMAEA (noun)
The noun GENUS PHTHORIMAEA has 1 sense:
1. potato moths
Familiarity information: GENUS PHTHORIMAEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Potato moths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Phthorimaea; Phthorimaea
Hypernyms ("genus Phthorimaea" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Phthorimaea"):
Phthorimaea operculella; potato tuberworm (larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco)
Holonyms ("genus Phthorimaea" is a member of...):
family Gelechiidae; Gelechiidae (important economic pests)
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