Meanings
- pluralplural onlyRelatively small butterflies and moths; micromoths.
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Workers who study microlepidoptera have concluded that transverse bands, or fasciae, are primitive wing pattern elements for Lepidoptera and are constrained by venation [12 –14 ], whereas workers who primarily study macrolepidoptera have concluded that spots, either “erratic” [7 ] or constrained by venation [15 ], are primitive.
2015 October 6, “Color Pattern on the Forewing of Micropterix (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae): Insights into the Evolution of Wing Pattern and Wing Venation in Moths”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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