Definition of leaf roller in English:

noun

• An insect, especially a small moth, whose larvae roll up the leaves of plants which they feed upon.

  Example sentences

  • ‘Chinese farmers planted this field with genetically modified rice engineered to resist two insect pests, the stem borer and the leaf roller.’
  • ‘Some of the most common garden pests that gardeners encounter include aphids, mealybugs, spider mites, white, flies, thrips, slugs and snails, scales, leaf rollers, squash bugs, pillbugs, and yes - sowbugs!’
  • ‘In Australia a native leaf roller, light brown apple moth, is the country's most serious insect pest, feeding on a wide range of native and imported plants, including grapevines.’
  • ‘Two rice strains were genetically altered to resist two insects, rice stem borers and leaf rollers, which sometimes require heavy use of pesticides to control.’