English > order Lepidoptera: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | moths and butterflies. |
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| Synonym | Lepidoptera |
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| Member of | Insecta, class Insecta, Hexapoda, class Hexapoda | insects |
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| Members | Arctiidae, family Arctiidae | tiger moths |
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| Bombycidae, family Bombycidae | Chinese silkworm moth |
| Danaidae, family Danaidae | small family of usually tropical butterflies |
| Gelechiidae, family Gelechiidae | Important economic pests |
| Geometridae, family Geometridae | measuring worms |
| Lasiocampidae, family Lasiocampidae | tent caterpillars |
| Lycaenidae, family Lycaenidae | family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies |
| Lymantriidae, family Lymantriidae | tussock moths |
| Noctuidae, family Noctuidae | cutworms |
| Nymphalidae, family Nymphalidae | large beautifully colored butterflies |
| Pieridae, family Pieridae | arthropod family including cabbage butterflies |
| Pyralidae, family Pyralidae, Pyralididae, family Pyralididae | bee moths |
| Saturniidae, family Saturniidae | Important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known |
| Satyridae, family Satyridae | A widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woods |
| Sphingidae, family Sphingidae | hawkmoths |
| Tineoidea, superfamily Tineoidea | clothes moths |
| Tortricidae, family Tortricidae | leaf rollers and codling moths |
| caterpillar | A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth |
| lepidopterous insect, lepidopteron, lepidopteran | insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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| Spanish | Lepidoptera, lepidópteros |
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| Catalan | Lepidoptera, Lepidòpter, lepidòpters |
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