“apple leaf”

The following 2 entries include the term apple leaf.

apple leaf skeletonizer

noun

: a small dark-brownish moth (Psorosina hammondi) having a brownish green caterpillar that feeds on the interveinal tissue of apple leaves

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apple-leaf trumpet miner

noun

: a leaf-mining caterpillar (Tischeria malifoliella) that injures the leaves of apple trees by excavating trumpet-shaped burrows

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