FAMILY TORTRICIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Leaf rollers and codling moths

Synonyms:

family Tortricidae; Tortricidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Tortricidae" is a member of...):

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)