leaf miner

See also: leafminer and leaf-miner

English

apple leaf miner damage

Alternative forms

• leaf-miner

Noun

leaf miner (plural leaf miners)

1. (ecology) An insect larva that lives between the epidermis of a leaf and consumes the leaf tissue.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• American serpentine leaf miner
• apple leaf miner (Lyonetia clerkella)
• birch leaf miner, birch-leaf miner
• horse chestnut leaf miner
• ribbed apple leaf miner
• small olive leaf miner
• South American leaf miner
• vine-leaf miner
• wild crab leaf miner

Translations

insect larva that lives within leaf tissue

• Catalan: minadora de fulles f
• Finnish: lehtimiinaaja
• Scottish Gaelic: mèinneadair-dhuilleag m

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