lepidopteran

  • 51Mesochorista proavita — Temporal range: Carnian …

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  • 52Copromorphidae — ? Copromorphidae Научная классификация Царство: Животные Тип: Членистоногие Класс: Насекомые …

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  • 53чешуйчатокрылые — — [http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/alphabetic?langcode=en] EN lepidopteran A large order of scaly winged insects, including the butterflies, skippers, and moths; adults are characterized by two pairs of membranous wings and sucking… …

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  • 54lepidopteron — n. An insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales. Syn: lepidopterous insect, lepidopteran. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 55granulosis — noun (plural granuloses) Etymology: New Latin Date: 1949 any of several diseases of lepidopteran larvae marked by minute granular inclusions in infected cells and caused by viruses (genus Granulovirus of the family Baculoviridae) …

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  • 56moth — noun (plural moths) Etymology: Middle English mothe, from Old English moththe; akin to Middle High German motte moth Date: before 12th century 1. clothes moth 2. any of various usually nocturnal lepidopteran insects with antennae that are often… …

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  • 57skeletonizer — noun Date: circa 1891 any of various lepidopteran larvae that eat the parenchyma of leaves reducing them to a skeleton of veins …

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  • 58trichogramma wasp — noun Etymology: New Latin, from trich + Greek gramma letter, small weight more at gram Date: 1972 any of a genus (Trichogramma) of minute chalcid wasps that are parasitic as larvae in the eggs of other insects and are used in the biological… …

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  • 59Bt — I. noun Etymology: New Latin Bacillus thuringiensis, species name, literally, Thuringian bacillus Date: 1971 a preparation of a bacterium (Bacillus thuringiensis) often modified by genetic engineering for use as a biopesticide against insects and …

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  • 60butterfly — I. noun Usage: often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. any of numerous slender bodied diurnal lepidopteran insects including one superfamily (Papilionoidea) with broad often brightly colored wings and usually another superfamily comprising …

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