noun
moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk
• Syn: ↑leaf-roller
• Hypernyms: ↑tortricid, ↑tortricid moth
* * *
noun : the larva of an insect (as a tortricid moth) that makes a nest by rolling up plant leaves
* * *
any of several insects, esp. moths of the family Tortricidae, the larvae of which form a nest by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk.
Also, leafroller.
[1820-30]
* * *
leaf roller,
any one of various small moths whose larvae roll up leaves to make nests, as a brown and gold moth that is a common apple pest in the northern United States.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.