lepidopteran

noun

lep·i·dop·ter·an ˌle-pə-ˈdäp-tə-rən How to pronounce lepidopteran (audio)

: any of a large order (Lepidoptera) of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers that as adults have four broad or lanceolate wings usually covered with minute overlapping and often brightly colored scales and that as larvae are caterpillars

lepidopteran adjective

lepidopterous

ˌle-pə-ˈdäp-tə-rəs How to pronounce lepidopteran (audio)

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Then, in 1926, a solution was finally found: an Argentine lepidopteran (moth) known as Cactoblastis cactorum, a parasite of various species of Opuntia.

Longreads, 23 Mar. 2021 Potentially harmful lepidopteran larva was found in the peppers.

Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, 16 Apr. 2018 In a riff on the magazine’s first cover, from 1925, by Rea Irvin, Blitt imagines a future in which our dandy mascot has become Eustace Vladimirovich Tilley and the lepidopteran under scrutiny is none other than a stunned Donald Trump.

Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017 MothraMothra‘s enormous lepidopteran, unveiled onscreen in 1961, combines traits of both butterflies and moths.

Hugh Hart, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2010

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Lepidoptera, from lepid- + Greek pteron wing — more at feather

First Known Use

circa 1901, in the meaning defined above

单词	lepidopteran
释义	lepidopteran noun lep·i·dop·ter·an ˌle-pə-ˈdäp-tə-rən : any of a large order (Lepidoptera) of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers that as adults have four broad or lanceolate wings usually covered with minute overlapping and often brightly colored scales and that as larvae are caterpillars lepidopteran adjective lepidopterous ˌle-pə-ˈdäp-tə-rəs adjective Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Then, in 1926, a solution was finally found: an Argentine lepidopteran (moth) known as Cactoblastis cactorum, a parasite of various species of Opuntia. Longreads, 23 Mar. 2021 Potentially harmful lepidopteran larva was found in the peppers. Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, 16 Apr. 2018 In a riff on the magazine’s first cover, from 1925, by Rea Irvin, Blitt imagines a future in which our dandy mascot has become Eustace Vladimirovich Tilley and the lepidopteran under scrutiny is none other than a stunned Donald Trump. Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017 MothraMothra‘s enormous lepidopteran, unveiled onscreen in 1961, combines traits of both butterflies and moths. Hugh Hart, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2010 Word History Etymology New Latin Lepidoptera, from lepid- + Greek pteron wing — more at feather First Known Use circa 1901, in the meaning defined above
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