microlepidoptera
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)lɛpɪˈdɒpt(ə)rə
/plural noun Entomology
The numerous small moths which are of interest only to the specialist collector.Several insects including some microlepidoptera and some Chrysomelid beetles have this unusual habit of making a trail through the middle layers of a leaf as their larvae feed and grow....
- Herbaceous plants are larval hosts for 112 of the 160 known species of microlepidoptera of the San Bruno Mountains.
- Mr. Harrison will compile the first-ever dedicated species inventory of microlepidoptera in a prairie community within the original range of eastern tallgrass prairie.
Origin
Modern Latin (plural), from micro- 'small' + Lepidoptera.