» lepidoptera
Noun (1 meaning)
lepidoptera is a type of:
lepidoptera is a member of:
members of lepidoptera:
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- Lasiocampidae, family Lasiocampidae (noun) - tent caterpillars
- Lycaenidae, family Lycaenidae (noun) - family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies
- Lymantriidae, family Lymantriidae (noun) - tussock moths
- Noctuidae, family Noctuidae (noun) - cutworms
- Nymphalidae, family Nymphalidae (noun) - large beautifully colored butterflies
- Pieridae, family Pieridae (noun) - arthropod family including cabbage butterflies
- Pyralidae, family Pyralidae, Pyralididae, family Pyralididae (noun) - bee moths
- Saturniidae, family Saturniidae (noun) - important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known
- Satyridae, family Satyridae (noun) - a widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woods
- Sphingidae, family Sphingidae (noun) - hawkmoths
- Tineoidea, superfamily Tineoidea (noun) - clothes moths
- Tortricidae, family Tortricidae (noun) - leaf rollers and codling moths
- caterpillar (noun) - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
- lepidopterous insect, lepidopteron, lepidopteran (noun) - insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
» lepidopteran
Noun (1 meaning)
lepidopteran is a type of:
- insect (noun) - small air-breathing arthropod
types of lepidopteran:
- butterfly (noun) - diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
- moth (noun) - typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae
lepidopteran is a member of: