Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In entomology, an insect which eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton: as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer, Pempelia hammondi.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any
moth whoselarva eats theparenchyma ofleaves , leaving theskeleton behind.
Etymologies
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Examples
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For the grape-leaf sprigging, I used some leaves from my garden (dating from before the leafhopper and skeletonizer incidents) Â I rolled out a thin slab of clay and then laid leaves on top, then rolled on top of the leaves to embed the veins into the clay.
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For the grape-leaf sprigging, I used some leaves from my garden (dating from before the leafhopper and skeletonizer incidents) Â I rolled out a thin slab of clay and then laid leaves on top, then rolled on top of the leaves to embed the veins into the clay.
Kater’s Art » Blog Archive » Crow and Grape Leaf Cookie Jar 2008
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Well with Laura's fabulous tip, it looks like you indeed have the western grapeleaf skeletonizer, Harrisina brillians.
Can Anyone Help Identify This Bug? Becca 2009
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And, since I now can't touch the grape vines, I'm watching the skeletonizer moth larvae skeletonizing the leaves, leaving the vines bare.
Rough Week Becca 2009
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For the grape-leaf sprigging, I used some leaves from my garden dating from before the leafhopper and skeletonizer incidents I rolled out a thin slab of clay and then laid leaves on top, then rolled on top of the leaves to embed the veins into the clay.
Kater’s Art » Blog Archive » Crow and Grape Leaf Cookie Jar 2008
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For the grape-leaf sprigging, I used some leaves from my garden dating from before the leafhopper and skeletonizer incidents I rolled out a thin slab of clay and then laid leaves on top, then rolled on top of the leaves to embed the veins into the clay.
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The grape-leaf skeletonizer eats every particle of green from the leaves, leaving only the veins.
Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation Mary Huston Gregory
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