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[R] Small family of the order Lepidoptera characterized by narrow and lanceolate fore wings and the first antennal segment expanded into an "eye-cap"; larvae endophytic, leg-like swellings replacing legs and prolegs.
See the wild crab leaf miner (Stigmella malella).

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