microlepidoptera

British

/ ˌmaɪkrəʊˌlɛpɪˈdɒptərə /

plural noun

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

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Further, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and had given special attention to the study of microlepidoptera.

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