Gracilariidae (Noun)
Meaning
Leaf miners.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Leaf miners within the family Gracillariidae are known to cause damage on various plant species globally by digging complex pathways through the leaves.
- The Gracillariidae family consists of over 2,000 known leaf miner species from different regions.
- Biological and ecological research on Gracillariidae species continues to uncover the behaviors, habitats, and various adaptations.
- Gracillariidae species exhibit differing patterns of tunnel formation within the leaves of plants when undergoing their leaf-mining phase.
- Examples of widely recognized pests within the Gracillariidae family include the apple leaf miner and European elm flea weevil's leaf-mining larvae.