cacaecia rosaceana

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cacaecia rosaceana - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Roseworm \Rose"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
     The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous
     insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the
     rose, especially Cacaecia rosaceana, which rolls up the
     leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds.
     [1913 Webster]