Definition of Lepidopterous insect

1. Noun. Insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales.

Exact synonyms: Lepidopteran, Lepidopteron
Generic synonyms: Insect
Group relationships: Lepidoptera, Order Lepidoptera
Specialized synonyms: Butterfly, Moth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lepidopterous Insect

lepidolites
lepidomelane
lepidomelanes
lepidophagy
lepidophobia
lepidopter
lepidopteran
lepidopterans
lepidopterist
lepidopterists
lepidopterits
lepidopterology
lepidopteron
lepidopterous
lepidopterous insect (current term)
lepidopters
lepidoptery
lepidosaur
lepidosauria
lepidosauromorph
lepidosauromorphs
lepidosaurs
lepidosiren
lepidosirens
lepidosis
lepidote
lepidoted
lepidotes
lepidotrichia

Literary usage of Lepidopterous insect

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1880)
"ON A NEW PREDACEOUS lepidopterous insect. By J. HENRY COMSTOCK, of Washington, DC WHILE studying a colony of the cottony maple scale ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"From this state it passes into that of a Pupa (qv), or nymph—a chrysalis or aurelia is the pupa, of a lepidopterous insect—and finally it becomes an imago, ..."

3. Chambers' Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1874)
"... or aurelia is the pupa of a lepidopterous insect—and finally it becomes an imago, or perfect insect. A few I. are important for their usefulness to man, ..."

4. Transactions by Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1870)
"ON THE LARVA OF AN UNKNOWN lepidopterous insect, FOUND IN THE BARLEY CROP OF 1868. BY CG BARRETT. Read June 29th, 1869. DURING the past winter ray attention ..."

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