leaf-miner fly

English

Alternative forms

leaf miner fly

Etymology

leaf +‎ miner (due to its diet of eating leaves) +‎ fly

Noun

leaf-miner fly (plural leaf-miner flies)

A fly in the family Agromyzidae, most larvae of which are leaf miners on various plants.

Translations

fly of the family Agromyzidae

Estonian: kaevandikärblane
Finnish: miinaajakärpänen
German: Minierfliege f
Swedish: minerarfluga c

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