macrolepidoptera

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macrolepidoptera

(ˌmækrəʊˌlɛpɪˈdɒptərə)
pl n
(Zoology) a collector's name for that part of the lepidoptera that comprises the butterflies and the larger moths (noctuids, geometrids, bombycids, springtails, etc): a term without taxonomic significance. Compare microlepidoptera
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An Index to the Described Life Histories, Early Stages, and Hosts of the Macrolepidoptera of the Continental United States and Canada.
Early spring moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) captured in traps baited with (Z)-ll-hexadecenal
DRAUDT, M., 1921-1924.- (in) SEITZ, A (editor) We Macrolepidoptera of the world, 5:836- 998.
Descripcion de nuevos rhopaloceros para Colombia y panama (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
Macrolepidoptera of Fiji and Rotuma: a taxonomic and geographic study.
Biological aspects of Tiracola grandirena (Herrich-Schaffer, 1868) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): a polyphagous armyworm/ Aspectos biologicos de Tiracola grandirena (Herrich-Schaffer, 1868) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): urna lagarta polifaga
According to Kettlewell (1958b) Biston betularia (Geometridae) is one of about 70 species of British macrolepidoptera whose wing patterns fluctuate from light to dark, depending upon the degree of air pollution in their area, in order to enhance crypsis.
Selection of perching site background color by Hamadryas feronia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Costa Rica: implications for industrial melanism
Colour identification guide to caterpillars of the British Isles (Macrolepidoptera).
Colour identification guide to caterpillars of the British Isles (Macrolepidoptera). (reprint, 1996)
Colour identification guide to moths of the British Isles (macrolepidoptera), 3d ed.
Colour identification guide to moths of the British Isles (macrolepidoptera), 3d ed
A preliminary illustrated catalogue of the larger moths (Macrolepidoptera) of the Grenadines.
A record of a micro-moth pest, the Teak Defoliator, Hyblaea puera (Cramer, 1777), apparently new to the gulf region (Lepidoptera: Hyblaeidae)
Traits that distinguish outbreaking and nonoutbreaking Macrolepidoptera feeding on northern hardwood trees.
EFFECTS OF SYNCHRONY WITH HOST PLANT ON POPULATIONS OF A SPRING-FEEDING LEPIDOPTERAN
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