leaf roller

or leafroller

noun

1. any of several insects, especially moths of the family Tortricidae, the larvae of which form a nest by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk.

Word History and Origins

Origin of leaf roller¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, a famous apple-growing region, hordes of a small insect called the red-banded leaf roller arose to plague the growers as soon as DDT began to replace arsenate of lead.

From Literature

The little leaf whereon, like a leaf roller, or miner-worm, he had been crawling and feeding, was falling now to earth behind him, a skeleton leaf.

From Project Gutenberg

Describe the cocoons of tussock moth, clothes moth, leaf roller.What is the difference between a Cecropia cocoon which contains a living pupa and one that has been parasitized?

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We must conclude this brief account of resting and hiding places and attitudes of caterpillars by a few observations on the leaf miners and leaf rollers.

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If you are troubled with the crown borer, root lice, leaf roller or rust, grow one crop and plow under, or move your fields a good distance from the old bed.

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