(Zool.)

a tortricid moth whose larva makes a nest by fastening the edges of a leaf together with silk; esp., Teras cinderella, found on the apple tree.

See also: Leaf

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Celery leaf tier, a pale green caterpillar with a stripe down its back (the larva of a small, brown, nocturnal moth), succumbs to fatal indigestion when faced with weekly applications of bacillus thurengiensis: Dipel or Thuricide.

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