leaf-roller

• Sustantivo que designa una polilla cuyas larvas crean refugios enrollando y fijando hojas con hilos de seda, o el propio insecto en su estado larval. También puede referirse a cualquier insecto que enrolla hojas para protegerse.

A noun referring to a moth whose larvae create nests by rolling and binding leaves together with silk threads.

1. Insect pestC1formalscientific

   A type of moth whose larvae create nests by rolling and binding leaves together with silk threads.

   Enrollador de hojas

   • The leaf-roller caterpillar damaged the rose bushes in the garden.
   • Farmers use biological controls to manage leaf-roller infestations.
   • The leaf-roller moth lays its eggs on the underside of leaves.

   Sinónimosleaf roller