Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of several different moths, as tortricids, whose larvæ roll leaves into cases for themselves.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The larva of any tortricid moth which makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of plants and tying the leaves with spun silk; aalso, the moth itself. See
tortrix .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
leaf roller .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk
- noun moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk
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Examples
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Big and small, being cranked out by the USDA and the CDFA, the LBAM is a leafroller.
Paulina Borsook: Bush Administration to Blue-State California: Drop Dead! 2008
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In Shangyu, a survey on 10 September 1987 indicated that the highest number of larva of rice leafroller (fourth generation) per 100 clumps was observed in the late ricefields with grass carp.
Chapter 6 1995
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The bean leafroller (Urbanus or Eudamus), saltmarsh or wooly bear caterpillar (Estigmene), and Hedylepta caterpillar are the most common.
Chapter 10 1981
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Secondary pests and diseases are: snout beetle (Echinocnemus squameus), rice leafroller (Cnapholocrosis medinalis), yellow-legged lema (Lama flavipes), locust (Oxya chinensis), and brown spot (Cochliobolus miyabeanus).
Chapter 4 1995
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