| 单词 | leaf miner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleaf miner leaf miner n. any of various insect larvae, esp. the caterpillars of certain small moths, which make a feeding tunnel between the epidermal layers of a plant leaf; (also) the adult of such an insect. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Tineidae > member of (tineid) leaf miner1830 miner1830 tinean1842 tineid1888 1830 J. Rennie Insect Archit. xii. 239 Most of the solitary leaf-miners either cannot or will not construct a new mine, if ejected by an experimenter from the old. 1931 Ecol. Monogr. 1 474 The turkey oak leaves during the summer and fall become badly mined by a lepidopterous leaf miner. 2006 Gardens Monthly Apr. 51/1 They trap a proportion of pests, including whitefly, thrips, leaf miners and greenfly in the greenhouse or conservatory. < as lemmas |
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