What is "skeletonizer"

Skeletonizer \Skel"e*ton*i`zer\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer.

n. (context zoology English) Any moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaf, leaving the skeleton behind.

Several moth species are known as skeletonizers, including:

• Aglaope infausta (almond-tree leaf skeletonizer moth)
• Bucculatrix ainsliella (oak leaf skeletonizer, oak skeletonizer)
• Bucculatrix albertiella (oak-ribber skeletonizer)
• Bucculatrix canadensisella (birch skeletonizer)
• Catastega aceriella (maple trumpet skeletonizer moth)
• Choreutis nemorana (fig-tree skeletonizer moth, fig leaf roller)
• Choreutis pariana (apple-and-thorn skeletonizer, apple leaf skeletonizer)
• Harrisina americana (grapeleaf skeletonizer)
• Harrisina metallica (western grapeleaf skeletonizer)
• Prochoreutis inflatella (skullcap skeletonizer moth)
• Schreckensteinia festaliella (blackberry skeletonizer)