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Leaf miner

A leaf miner is a larval stage of various insect species that live and feed within the tissues of a plant's leaves. The term does not describe a single taxonomic group, but rather a feeding behavior known as "leaf mining" that has evolved independently across several insect orders. Leaf miners are considered both ecologically significant and economically…

Plant defenses, Relationship with humans & Taxonomy

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Plant defenses

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Relationship with humans

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Leaf miner

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples67
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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Leaf miner

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related to External links · 15
Leaf miner → American, Archived, British, Citrus Leaf Miner, Citrus Leaf Miner Center, Europe, Great Britain, IFAS Featured Creatures Web, Includes, Invasive Species Research, Leafminers, Northern Ireland, The, UF, Wayback Machine
see also · 13
Leaf miner → Agromyzidae, American, Cameraria, Douglasiidae, Folivore, GracillariidaeLiriomyza, Liriomyza, Malacosoma, NepticulidaeHorse-chestnut, Pegomya, Tenthredinidae, Tinagma, Tischerioidea
related to Structural defenses · 12
Leaf miner → Caladium, Citrus, Infestations, It, Leaf, Liriomyza, Phyllocnistis, Plants, Solanum, Some, The, Trichomes
related to Relationship with humans · 7
Leaf miner → For, However, Leaf, Spinosad, Spraying, This, Two
related to Physiological responses · 6
Leaf miner → Leaf, Phyllonorycter, Salix, Some, The, This
related to Life cycle · 5
Leaf miner → Adult, After, Emerging, Much, When
related to Identification · 2
Leaf miner → Some, The
related to Plant defenses · 2
Leaf miner → Plants, These
is a · 1
Leaf miner → larval stage of various insect species that live and feed within the tissues of a plant's leaves

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leaf species leaves miners plants miner mining insect within plant larvae host insects found feeding tissues many damage crops larval

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Leaf mineris alarval stage of various insect species that live and feed within the tissues of a plant's leaves0.90text
Citrusinstance ofThe older and larger leaves of orange trees0.80text
tannins to poisoninstance ofPlants will use a variety of organic polyphenolic compounds0.80text
deter insect herbivoresinstance ofPlants will use a variety of organic polyphenolic compounds0.80text
the Red buckeyeinstance ofTree species0.80text
Leaf minerrelated to External linksBritish0.60section
Leaf minerrelated to External linksEurope0.60section
Leaf minerrelated to External linksThe0.60section
Leaf minerrelated to External linksIncludes0.60section
Leaf minerrelated to External linksGreat Britain0.60section
Leaf minerrelated to External linksNorthern Ireland0.60section
Leaf minerrelated to External linksLeafminers0.60section

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