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Definition of Tortricidae
1. Noun. Leaf rollers and codling moths.
Exact synonyms: Family Tortricidae
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Lepidoptera, Order Lepidoptera
Member holonyms: Tortricid, Tortricid Moth, Genus Tortrix, Genus Homona, Homona, Argyrotaenia, Genus Argyrotaenia, Carpocapsa, Genus Carpocapsa
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Lepidoptera, Order Lepidoptera
Member holonyms: Tortricid, Tortricid Moth, Genus Tortrix, Genus Homona, Homona, Argyrotaenia, Genus Argyrotaenia, Carpocapsa, Genus Carpocapsa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tortricidae
Literary usage of Tortricidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"... by trenching the ground a foot deep below the trees, and stamping it firm.
FAMILY VI.—Tortricidae (LEAF-ROLLER MOTHS). ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"Tortricidae.—Moths of small size, with a rather ample wing area, with the
wing-fringes never as long as the wings are wide (long across), the hind wings ..."
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