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defoliator

NOUN
  1. an insect that strips the leaves from plants

How To Use defoliator In A Sentence

  • A diprionid sawfly (Neodiprion sertifer) is the most serious defoliator of pine forests in northern Europe. Climate change and insects as a forest disturbance in the Arctic
  • Insecticides kill insect defoliators and vectors of deadly human diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, plague, and typhus.
  • Insecticides kill insect defoliators and vectors of deadly human diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, plague, and typhus.
  • The caterpillars of the gypsy moth are destructive defoliators that feed primarily on oak trees causing growth loss, crown dieback, and tree mortality.
  • The caterpillars of the gypsy moth are destructive defoliators that feed primarily on oak trees causing growth loss, crown dieback, and tree mortality.
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