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leaf miner

[′lēf ‚mīn·ər]
(invertebrate zoology)
Any of the larvae of various insects which burrow into and eat the parenchyma of leaves.
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Table 1--Average number of lesions and severity of Alternaria alternata in leaves from different tangerine genotypes in the presence (CLM damage) and absence (CLM control) of citrus leaf miner lesions (2010 and 2011).
Lepidoptera leaf miners had a negative correlation with Z armillatus (r = -0.27; P = 0.002), a barely significant relation with P.
In addition, compared with leaf miners in chambers with regular atmosphere, four times as many insects in the high-C[O.sub.2] chambers were killed by parasitic wasps.
Over the course of the growing season, the scientists surveyed thousands of leaves in every cylinder and recorded the fates of the leaf miners. Those in the chambers with elevated [CO.sub.2] dug out mines that were 20 percent larger--indicating they ate that much more leaf fiber--than did leaf miners in the chambers filled with standard air.
Our results revealed that armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, aphid (Sitobian avenae L.) and leaf miner [Aproaerema modicella]are important pests of berseem while the coccinellids and a syrphid fly are important predators.
adults and percentages of leaflet areas with theirs galls as well as lepidopteran leaf miners in the winter were probably due to longer time of exposure of the C.
Leaf mines were kept in plastic pots until adult leaf miners or their parasitoids were obtained.
Gently squash leaf miners with your fingers or remove infested leaves.
Well, maybe leaf miners, but that is easy to handle.
(d) What are leaf miners? Young leaves; burrowing bees; leaf-eating caterpillars.
From next October there will be no chemical controls for lawn pests, soil grubs that devastate many vegetable crops, chrysanthemum and other leaf miners, and a range of problems that afflict fruit and vegetables, from plums to gooseberries and leeks to asparagus.