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