ptychonomous

comparative more ptychonomous · superlative most ptychonomous

1. rarebiologyHaving the form of, or relating to, a ptychonome. (Compare tentiform.)

   Mine : Ptychonomous, on the space between two veins of the lower surface of leaves.

   1963, Insecta matsumurana, page 7

   2 more examples

   [...] Holotype, allotype, and paratype No. 15893 in Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa. MINE. Ptychonomous, on the lower surface of leaves. BIOLOGY. P. elmaella has three generations a year in the Vancouver district [...]

   1980, M Doğanlar, A Mutuura, A new species of Phyllonorycter Hbn. (=Lithocolletis Hbn.) (Lepidoptera: Gracilariidae [sic]) from western North America.

   Styracaceae: Styrax japonicus Sieb. & Zucc. (Kumata 1963). Ptychonomous mine on the upper side of leaves (De Prins and De Prins 2005) [...]

   2016, DS Kim, BK Byun, “First discovery of winter-emerging leaf-miner: Phyllonorycter styracis ()(Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from Korea with DNA barcode”, in Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity