order lepidoptera
Noun
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Moths and butterflies (synset 102276197)
is a type of: animal order - the order of animalsmember holonym:
- lepidopteran, lepidopteron, lepidopterous insect - insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
- family nymphalidae, nymphalidae - large beautifully colored butterflies
- family satyridae, satyridae - a widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woods
- danaidae, family danaidae - small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies
- family pieridae, pieridae - arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies
- family lycaenidae, lycaenidae - family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs
- family tortricidae, tortricidae - leaf rollers and codling moths
- family lymantriidae, lymantriidae - tussock moths
- family geometridae, geometridae - measuring worms
- family pyralidae, family pyralididae, pyralidae, pyralididae - bee moths; corn borers; flour moths
- superfamily tineoidea, tineoidea - clothes moths; carpet moths; leaf miners
- family gelechiidae, gelechiidae - important economic pests
- family noctuidae, noctuidae - cutworms; armyworms
- family sphingidae, sphingidae - hawkmoths
- bombycidae, family bombycidae - Chinese silkworm moth
- family saturniidae, saturniidae - important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known
- arctiidae, family arctiidae - tiger moths
- family lasiocampidae, lasiocampidae - tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths
- caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
belongs to: class hexapoda, class insecta, hexapoda, insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal speciessame as: lepidoptera
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