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lepidoptera::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | order lepidoptera |
| Type of | animal order |
Examples of lepidoptera
lepidoptera
Lepidoptera may use coastal lines, mountains and even roads to orient themselves.
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The level of consensus in lepidoptera articles seems higher than any other group.
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Navigation is important to lepidoptera species, especially for those that migrate.
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There are over 120 families in lepidoptera, in 45 to 48 superfamilies.
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Lepidoptera feature prominently in entomophagy as food items on almost every continent.
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The specimen will become part of the museum's lepidoptera collection.
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In lepidoptera, the forewings and hindwings are mechanically coupled and flap in synchrony.
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Lepidoptera is the insect order for moths and butterflies.
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Lepidoptera are among the most successful groups of insects.
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- Moths and butterflies
- (lepidopteran) lepidopterous insect: insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
- Lepidoptera is the fourth major studio release by Fursaxa.
- Derived from the Latin lepido= scale + ptera= wing, and it is the Order that contains all butterflies and moths.
- In the traditional Linnean classification system, the group Lepidoptera fit in as an order of organisms, and includes moths and butterflies. Literally translated in Greek, Lepidoptera means wings of a scale. Also, see scales.
- A large order of scaly-winged insects including the butterflies, skippers, and moths, often brightly colored and having a coiled sucking proboscis (Morris 1992).
- Order of insects in which butterflies and moths are classified; the meaning is "scaled wings"
- Are insects well-known (the common butterflies) that have troglophile representatives that spend the diurnal hours and winter on the walls of the caves.
- Papilio (butterflies), Sphinx (hawk moths), Phalaena (moths)
