lepidopteron
Americannoun
PLURAL
lepidopteraEtymology
Origin of lepidopteron
< New Latin, equivalent to lepido- lepido- + Greek -pteron, neuter of -pteros -pterous
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In reference to the classificatory value that should be attached to an aberrant type like this, I have already expressed my opinion in a paper on Megathymus, a Lepidopteron that connects in many ways the two great divisions of butterflies and moths, published in the Transactions of the Academy of Sciences of St. 10358 Louis, volume iii.,
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Lateral view of a denuded Lepidopteron to show arrangement of sclerites.
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Head of a Lepidopteron from front.
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Lepidopteron: a butterfly or moth: one of the Lepidoptera.
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This little moth has a sickle-shaped appendage to its mouth-parts which occurs hi no other Lepidopteron, and which is used for pushing the yellow pollen into the opening of the pistil, thus fertilising the flower.
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