Definition of Leaf roller

1. Noun. Moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk.

Exact synonyms: Leaf-roller
Generic synonyms: Tortricid, Tortricid Moth

Definition of Leaf roller

1. Noun. The caterpillar of a tortrix moth, a pest that infests plants and rolls up their leaves. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leaf Roller

leaf hoppers
leaf insect
leaf insertion
leaf lard
leaf lettuce
leaf miner
leaf mold
leaf mould
leaf mustard
leaf node
leaf peeper
leaf peepers
leaf protein
leaf protein concentrate
leaf proteins
leaf roller
leaf scorch
leaf shape
leaf sheath
leaf soil
leaf spot
leaf spring
leaf storm
leaf storms
leaf through
leaf trace
leaf traces
leaf turtle
leaf warbler
leafage

Literary usage of Leaf roller

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of Fruit Insects by Mark Vernon Slingerland, Cyrus Richard Crosby (1914)
"These two Tortricid leaf-rollers can be controlled by the measures recommended for the fruit-tree leaf-roller on page 64. ..."

2. Insect Architecture by James Rennie (1830)
"A species of leaf-roller, of the most diminutive size, merits particular mention, although it is not remarkable in colour or figure. It is without hair, ..."

3. Natural History of Hawaii: Being an Account of the Hawaiian People, the by William Alanson Bryan (1915)
"The ragged, unsightly edges on palm leaves, especially of the cocoanut palm, is the result of the work of this leaf-roller. As it is abundant, ..."

4. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"... L. (Green Willow Leaf-Roller). a. Description. Moth with wing expansion of 20 mm.; fore-wings and thorax light green, the former with a whitish anterior ..."

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