Leaf mine

A leaf mine is a chamber cut into the leaf of a plant by the larvae of a moth, fly, beetle, sawfly or other insect.

The mine often contains frass, or dropings, and it is often possible to identify the insect making the mine by a combination of host plant, mine shape and frass pattern.

A few mining insects utilise other parts of a plant, such as the surface of a fruit.

External link

• British Leaf Mining Fauna (http://www.leafmines.co.uk/)

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