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Webster 1913 Edition


Microlepidoptera


Miˊcro-lepˊi-dop′te-ra

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Micro-
, and
Lepidoptera
.]
(Zool.)
A tribe of
Lepidoptera
, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.

Definition 2024


microlepidoptera

microlepidoptera

English

Noun

microlepidoptera pl (plural only)

  1. Relatively small butterflies and moths; micromoths.
    • 2015 October 6, “Color Pattern on the Forewing of Micropterix (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae): Insights into the Evolution of Wing Pattern and Wing Venation in Moths”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0139972:
      Workers who study microlepidoptera have concluded that transverse bands, or fasciae, are primitive wing pattern elements for Lepidoptera and are constrained by venation [12 –14 ], whereas workers who primarily study macrolepidoptera have concluded that spots, either “erratic” [7 ] or constrained by venation [15 ], are primitive.