skeletonizer
nounEtymology From skeletonize + -er.
1
Any of various moths whose larvae eat the parenchyma of leaves, leaving only the skeleton (the veins) behind.
- Derived terms
- almond-tree leaf skeletonizer moth, apple-and-thorn skeletonizer, apple leaf skeletonizer, birch skeletonizer, blackberry skeletonizer, fig-tree skeletonizer moth, grapeleaf skeletonizer, maple trumpet skeletonizer moth, oak leaf skeletonizer, oak skeletonizer, oak-ribber skeletonizer, skullcap skeletonizer moth, western grapeleaf skeletonizer