a. and sb. [f. mod.L. Tortricidæ pl., f. TORTRIX: see -ID3.] a. Entom. adj. Belonging to the family Tortricidæ of Lepidoptera, comprising the leaf-roller moths, typified by the genus Tortrix; sb. a moth of this family. b. Zool. adj. Belonging to the family Tortricidæ of snakes, typified by the genus Tortrix or Ilysia; sb. a snake of this family. So Tortricine, a. and sb. = tortricid; Tortricoid a., belonging to the suborder Tortricoidea of Ophidia, including the family Tortricidæ (see b above).
1889. Mary E. Bamford, Up & Down Brooks, vii. 113. The small tortricid moths that, as caterpillars, curl the leaves of rose-bushes.
