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What is a tortricid?

What is a tortricid? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (zoology) Any member of the large moth family Tortricidae.
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This complex of pest species includes tortricid leafrollers, noctuid fruitworms and cutworms, and gracillarid leafminers.
Epiphyas postvittana is a leaf rolling tortricid moth known to feed on 123 dicotyledonus plants in Australia and more than 250 in New Zealand.
Tortricid pests of pome and stone fruits, Australian and New Zealand species.
In total, 12 species of Noctuidae, 6 species of Pyralidae, 2 species of Geometridae, and 1 tortricid species were captured in the traps.
These caterpillars belong to several species of the tortricid moths, which are themselves comparatively small and drab in colour.
The Purbeck mason wasp is a large, red, black-and-yellow mason wasp which provisions its nest with the caterpillars of a tortricid moth which feeds on heathers.

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