skeletonizer

noun

skel·e·ton·iz·er ˈske-lə-tə-ˌnī-zər

: any of various lepidopteran larvae that eat the parenchyma of leaves reducing them to a skeleton of veins

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web In Australia and New Zealand, a moth called the gum-leaf skeletonizer hoards its old heads, stacking them atop its current head like de-nested Matryoshka dolls. —

Sabrina Imbler, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Dec. 2022

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