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Definition of Tineoidea
1. Noun. Clothes moths; carpet moths; leaf miners.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Lepidoptera, Order Lepidoptera
Member holonyms: Tineoid, Tineoid Moth, Family Tineidae, Tineidae, Family Gracilariidae, Gracilariidae, Gracillariidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tineoidea
Literary usage of Tineoidea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Classification of the Lepidoptera Based on Characters of the Pupa by Edna Mosher (1915)
"... the prothorax is longer and somewhat quadrangular in shape and the metathorax
is relatively shorter. This group includes the superfamilies tineoidea and ..."
2. Field Tables of Lepidoptera by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes (1906)
"MACRO, a moth of one of the higher groups, above the tineoidea. MANDIBLE, the
principal biting and chewing mouth-part, in front of the smaller ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"LEAF-MINER, any insect of the super- family tineoidea, which comprises several
families of very small moths, most of whose larvae feed upon the soft tissues ..."
4. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1904)
"... by the broadening of the inner margin of the hind wings, which, when the insect
is at rest, is rolled round the body, in the manner of the tineoidea, ..."
5. Field Book of Insects: With Special Reference to Those of Northeastern by Frank Eugene Lutz (1918)
"The term super-family tineoidea is sometimes used. The families of moths which
follow are Micros. ..."
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