microlepidoptera

British  

/ ˌmaɪkrəʊˌlɛpɪˈdɒptərə /

plural noun

1. a collector's name for the smaller moths: a term without taxonomic significance Compare macrolepidoptera

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Example Sentences

The necessity of rearing to obtain perfect specimens is even more important in the case of the Microlepidoptera than with the larger forms, and many species are very easily reared and can thus be obtained in quantity.

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In the case of Microlepidoptera, their habit as larvæ, of mining leaves or tying or webbing them together, affords an easy means of detecting their presence in most cases.

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The various leaf-mining and seed inhabiting species can be treated as in the case of the Microlepidoptera.

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For many small insects, especially Microlepidoptera and Microdiptera, which must be pinned, even the finest ordinary insect-pins are too large, and two special makes of pins are in use for this purpose.

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Delicate flies and Microlepidoptera, which it will not do to fasten with mucilage, may first be mounted on the fine pins described above and these thrust into oblong or triangular bits of pith or cork, which are mounted on larger pins as shown in Figures 101 and 102.

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