TORTRICIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tortricidae mean? 

• TORTRICIDAE (noun)
  The noun TORTRICIDAE has 1 sense:

1. leaf rollers and codling moths

  Familiarity information: TORTRICIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TORTRICIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leaf rollers and codling moths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Tortricidae; Tortricidae

Hypernyms ("Tortricidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Tortricidae"):

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

genus Tortrix (type genus of the Tortricidae)

genus Homona; Homona (tea tortrix)

Argyrotaenia; genus Argyrotaenia (orange tortrix)

Carpocapsa; genus Carpocapsa (codling moths)

Holonyms ("Tortricidae" is a member of...):

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)