lepidopterous
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He leaves us, however, to imagine under what possible geographical conditions the climate in Europe could be too severe for a lepidopterous fauna, while at the same time Central Asia could maintain an abundant one.
From The History of the European Fauna by Robert Francis Scharff
Its most deadly enemy in the insect world is a small insect of the lepidopterous variety, which is known as the coffee-leaf miner.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
Grape vines are subject to the attacks of many lepidopterous insects.
From American Pomology Apples by J. A. Warder
The diminutive florets on its flat disk are so shallow that lepidopterous and hymenopterous insects, with their long proboses, stand no chance of getting a meal.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
That his exquisite brochure on lepidopterous insects was in nearly all the public libraries of the world only gratified, but added nothing to his vanity.
From A Splendid Hazard by Harold MacGrath
