潜叶蝇

潛葉蠅
qiányèyíng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 leaf-miner fly (family Agromyzidae)
  2. 2 leafminer

Examples

HSK 7-9
Qiányèyíng yòuchóng zài yèpiàn nèi zuān chū wānqū de suìdào.
Leaf-miner larvae bore winding tunnels inside the leaves.
HSK 7-9
Qiányèyíng shì shūcài shēngchǎn zhōng de zhòngyào hàichóng.
The leaf-miner fly is a serious pest in vegetable production.

Tips

memory
潜 ('submerge, go stealthy') + 叶 ('leaf') + 蝇 ('fly') - the fly whose young 'sneak inside a leaf'. The telltale serpentine 'mines' between the upper and lower leaf surfaces are the larval galleries.

Stroke Order

潜 qián
叶 yè
蝇 yíng