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Definition of Family Tortricidae
1. Noun. Leaf rollers and codling moths.
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 Family Tortricidae
Literary usage of Family Tortricidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1881)
"... family TORTRICIDAE. Feeding upon the leaves of white pine, which it draws
together into a kind of lube, a small yellowish green larva with a black head ..."
2. Handbook of Kentucky by Hubert Vreeland (1908)
"The adult is a small brown moth, not often seen, belonging to the same
family (Tortricidae) as numerous other species which roll, fold, and skeletonize the ..."
3. Entomology for Beginners for the Use of Young Folks, Fruit-growers, Farmers by Alpheus Spring Packard (1888)
"family Tortricidae.—The leaf-rolling moths are rather stout bodied, with wide,
oblong wings, the costal edge of the fore wings being often sinuous; ..."
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