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birch leaf miner

DEFINITIONS OF: birch leaf miner

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n small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States; larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation

Synonyms:
Fenusa pusilla
Type of:
sawfly
insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
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