eye-spotted bud moth

noun

: a dark brown tortricid moth (Spilonota ocellana) with a light band on each wing and a dark brown black-headed larva that feeds in a web on fruit buds, leaves, and fruit (as apples or plums)

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

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