Leaf miner Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun any of various small moths or dipterous flies whose larvae burrow into and feed on leaf tissue especially of the family Gracilariidae
leaf-miner.
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(Zoöl.) , any one of various small lepidopterous and dipterous insects, which, in the larval stages, burrow in and eat the parenchyma of leaves;as, the pear-tree .leaf miner (Lithocolletis geminatella )