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Antlia :: Antlia (n.) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects. See Lepidoptera.

Haustellum :: Haustellum (n.) The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, and Diptera..

Rhopalocera :: Rhopalocera (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennae.

Moth :: Moth (n.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth..

Glossata :: Glossata (n. pl.) The Lepidoptera.

Aurelian :: Aurelian (n.) An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist..

Butterfly :: Butterfly (n.) A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.

Clearwing :: Clearwing (n.) A lepidopterous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family Aegeriadae, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples..

Patagium :: Patagium (n.) One of a pair of small vesicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of Butterfly.

Tinea :: Tinea (n.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths..

Diurna :: Diurna (n. pl.) A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime..

Forester :: Forester (n.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine..

Microlepidoptera :: Microlepidoptera (n. pl.) A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc..

Miller :: Miller (n.) A moth or lepidopterous insect; -- so called because the wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller's clothes. Called also moth miller..

Proleg :: Proleg (n.) One of the fleshy legs found on the abdominal segments of the larvae of Lepidoptera, sawflies, and some other insects. Those of Lepidoptera have a circle of hooks. Called also proped, propleg, and falseleg..

Army Worm :: Army worm () A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm..

Roseworm :: Roseworm (n.) The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacaecia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds..

Lepidopterous :: Lepidopterous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Lepidoptera.

Lepidopterist :: Lepidopterist (n.) One who studies the Lepidoptera.

Bagworm :: Bagworm (n.) One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Platoeceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm..

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