- skeletonizer
- \\-zə(r)\ noun
(-s)
: one that skeletonizes; specifically : any of various lepidopterous larvae that eat the parenchyma of leaves leaving the skeleton of veins and the upper or lower epidermis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
skeletonizer
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Skeletonizer — Skel e*ton*i zer, n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple leaf skeletonizer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
skeletonizer — noun Date: circa 1891 any of various lepidopteran larvae that eat the parenchyma of leaves reducing them to a skeleton of veins … New Collegiate Dictionary
skeletonizer — skel·e·ton·iz·er … English syllables
Grapeleaf Skeletonizer — Taxobox name = Grapeleaf skeletonizer regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera superfamilia = Zygaenoidea familia = Zygaenidae genus = Harrisina species = H. americana binomial = Harrisina americana binomial… … Wikipedia
apple leaf skeletonizer — noun : a small dark brownish moth (Psorosina hammondi) having a brownish green caterpillar that feeds on the interveinal tissue of apple leaves … Useful english dictionary
birch skeletonizer — noun : a small tineoid moth (Bucculatrix canadensisella) whose larva attacks birch leaves … Useful english dictionary
western grape skeletonizer — noun : a small zygaenid moth (Harrisina brillians) whose larva is an important pest of grape in California … Useful english dictionary
Zygaenidae — Five spot Burnet moth, Zygaena trifolii Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Choreutis pariana — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Microlepidoptera — Some typical microlepidoptera. An Alucitid Many plumed moth is shown top centre; a white Pterophorid Plume moth at centre Microlepidoptera (micromoths) is an artificial (i.e., unranked and not monophyletic) grouping of moth families, commonly… … Wikipedia
