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SKELETONIZING [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Diseases
  • Silviculture
DEF

The result of an insect's feeding on the soft material of a leaf, leaving the veins as a skeleton.

OBS

Birch leaf skeletonizer and oak leaf skeletonizer are misnomers because these insects are actually window-feeding insects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des plantes
  • Sylviculture
DEF

Apparence d'une feuille, dont les veines rappellent l'ossature d'un squelette, après que ses parties molles ont été dévorées par un insecte.

Spanish

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