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''Baliosus nervosus'', the basswood leaf miner, is a species of leaf beetle in the family 
Chrysomelidae
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...
. It is found in North America. It's typical host is basswood
''Tilia americana'' is a species of tree in the family Malvaceae, native to eastern North America, from southeast Manitoba east to New Brunswick, southwest to northeast Oklahoma, southeast to South Carolina, and west along the Niobrara River to ...
, and adults skeletonize the surface of leaves. Larvae have been known to create leaf mines on soybean
The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (''Glycine max'') is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses.
Traditional unfermented food uses of soybeans include soy milk, from which tofu an ...
leaves.
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* Cassidinae Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles described in 1794 {{Cassidinae-stub