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Definition of Splitworm
1. Noun. Greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm.
Generic synonyms: Gelechiid, Gelechiid Moth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Splitworm
Literary usage of Splitworm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Productive Farm Crops by Edward Gerrard Montgomery (1916)
"... worms—The splitworm—Tobacco Thrips—Fungous Diseases—Bed- rot or Damping Off—Root
Rot or Black Root—Brown and White Rusts—Mosaic Disease or Calico—Shed ..."
2. Notes on Some Fijian Insects by Frederick Muir (1906)
"I also bred quite a large series from the tobacco splitworm {Phthorimaea operculella)
which was badly infesting tomato vines and fruit. ..."
3. Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1911)
"In Florida, in 1908, the tobacco splitworm caused a loss of $12000 upon one
plantation, an average of $150 per acre. The tobacco thrips injures wrapper ..."
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