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    Lepidoptera (/ˌlɛpɪˈdɒptərə/ LEP-ih-DOP-tər-ə) or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects that includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species...
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    Many populations of Lepidoptera (butterflies or moths) migrate, sometimes long distances, to and from areas which are only suitable for part of the year...
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    The study of the genitalia of Lepidoptera is important for Lepidoptera taxonomy in addition to development, anatomy and natural history. The genitalia...
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    (/ˈkætərpɪlər/ KAT-ər-pil-ər) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common...
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    Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder...
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    The insect order Lepidoptera consists of moths (43 superfamilies), most of which are night-flying, and a derived group, mainly day-flying, called butterflies...
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    present on the bodies of various insects. A notable example are the Lepidoptera, the insect order comprising moths and butterflies, which have scales...
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    external morphology of Lepidoptera is the physiological structure of the bodies of insects belonging to the order Lepidoptera, also known as butterflies...
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    uses to pierce and hold the gut wall of its host. The mouth parts of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) mainly consist of the sucking kind; this part...
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  • Corycia is a synonym of several genera of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). Corycia Hübner, 1825 is a synonym of Anaea Hübner, 1819 in the family Nymphalidae...
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  • The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) is a searchable database maintained by the Department of Entomology at the Natural History Museum, London...
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    The Lepidoptera fossil record encompasses all butterflies and moths that lived before recorded history. The fossil record for Lepidoptera is lacking in...
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    The butterfly perch (Caesioperca lepidoptera) is a marine species of ray-finned fish in the subfamily Anthiinae, part of the sea bass family Serranidae...
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    Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and taxonomic ranking of Parnassiinae (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) based on morphology and seven genes. Molecular phylogenetics...
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    The Macroglossinae are a subfamily of Sphingidae moths in the order Lepidoptera. The subfamily is divided into three tribes: Dilophonotini, Macroglossini...
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    are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species—see list of Lepidoptera that feed on Aster. Asters can grow in all hardiness...
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  • Micrathena lepidoptera a species of orb weaver in the family Araneidae. This species has been found in Costa Rica and Colombia and is endemic to Sierras...
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    (1999). "The Axioidea and Calliduloidea". In N. P. Kristensen (ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography...
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    Glossata (Fabricius, 1775) is a suborder of the Lepidoptera, containing all members that have a coilable proboscis; i.e., it includes all butterflies...
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  • Many types of polymorphism can be seen in the insect order Lepidoptera. Polymorphism is the appearance of forms or "morphs" differing in color and number...
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  • the 160,000 species of Lepidoptera that are commonly known as moths. Lists of Lepidoptera by region Taxonomy of the Lepidoptera List of Sphingidae species:...
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    Some four-winged insect orders, such as the Lepidoptera, have developed a wide variety of morphological wing coupling mechanisms in the imago which render...
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    spring and summer butter season while the grass was growing. The earliest Lepidoptera fossils date to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, around 200 million years...
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    Lepidoptera Indica was a 10 volume work on the butterflies of the Indian region that was begun in 1890 and completed in 1913. It was published by Lovell...
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    The Lepidoptera of Ukraine consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded in Ukraine. Carcharodus alceae (Esper, 1780) Carcharodus floccifera (Zeller...
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    corrections to the names published in "Systematic and synonymic list of the Lepidoptera of France, Belgium and Corsica" by Leraut, 1980". Priamus. 2. Ankara:...
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    novel mode of action to control a range of pests belonging to the order Lepidoptera (moth), and some Coleoptera (beetle), Diptera (fly), and Isoptera (termite)...
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    Fursaxa (redirect from Lepidoptera (album))
    Recordings & LP, Eclipse Records (2007) Amulet – CD, Last Visible Dog (2005) Lepidoptera – CD, ATP Recordings (2005) Madrigals in Duos – LP, Time-Lag Records...
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    Lepidoptera of Austria consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Austria. Acalyptris loranthella (Klimesch, 1937) Bohemannia pulverosella...
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    million gift to establish the William W. and Nadine M. McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity. This gift was one of the largest private gifts ever...
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