Roseworm

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]