bud moth

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A tortricid moth, Tmetocera ocellana. It is common to Europe and the northern United States, and its larva damages apple-trees by destroying the blossoms, newly formed fruit, and terminal twigs. Also called eye-spotted bud-moth.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) a lepidopterous insect of several species, which destroys the buds of fruit trees; esp. Tmetocera ocellana and Eccopsis malana on the apple tree.