| 31. | Leaf miners are such small insects they can burrow inside a leaf, between the upper and lower surfaces.
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| 32. | The larvae of Rhynchitinae feed in flower buds, fruits, and terminal shoots, or are leaf miners.
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| 33. | The tree is often heavily attacked in spring by insects including leaf miners, leaf blister sawflies and lerps.
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| 34. | During the first two instars, larvae are leaf miners, and in the last three they become casebearers.
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| 35. | The larva is a leaf miner in the early stage, and a leaf roller in the late stage.
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| 36. | The larva starts as a leaf miner, but later feed externally, rolling the leaf into a cone.
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| 37. | They have a lot of natural enemies that leave characteristic scars in the mine when they attack the leaf miner.
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| 38. | The host plant can also kill the leaf miners via defensive compounds, so they just die in the mine.
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| 39. | In tobacco, the larvae are leaf miners and can cause severe damage to leaves, making them weigh less.
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| 40. | One of the best known species is the horse-chestnut leaf miner, " Cameraria ohridella ".
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