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Noun: tortricid  tor-tri-sid
  1. Any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls
    "The codling moth is a well-known tortricid pest of apple trees";
    - tortricid moth

Derived forms: tortricids

Type of: moth

Part of: family Tortricidae, Tortricidae

Encyclopedia: Tortricid