TEA TORTRIX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tea tortrix mean? 

• TEA TORTRIX (noun)
  The noun TEA TORTRIX has 1 sense:

1. small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants

  Familiarity information: TEA TORTRIX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEA TORTRIX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Homona coffearia; tea tortrix; tortrix

Hypernyms ("tea tortrix" is a kind of...):

tortricid; tortricid moth (any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls)

Holonyms ("tea tortrix" is a member of...):

genus Tortrix (type genus of the Tortricidae)