FENUSA PUSILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fenusa pusilla mean? 

• FENUSA PUSILLA (noun)
  The noun FENUSA PUSILLA has 1 sense:

1. small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States; larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation

  Familiarity information: FENUSA PUSILLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FENUSA PUSILLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States; larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

birch leaf miner; Fenusa pusilla

Hypernyms ("Fenusa pusilla" is a kind of...):

sawfly (insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant)