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Microlepidoptera

[¦mī·krō‚lep·ə′däp·tə·rə]
(invertebrate zoology)
A former division of Lepidoptera.
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References in periodicals archive
Preparing Wing Slides for Microlepidoptera. Entomology Notes No.
Rice leaf folder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on wheat (Triticum aestivum; Poales: Poaceae) in India
The preparation of slides of Lepidoptera genitalia with special reference to Microlepidoptera. Entomologist's Gazette 27: 127-132.
Two new species of genus Zadadra Moore (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India
Smaller microlepidoptera were compressed whole while larger microand macrolepidoptera had one fore and hind wing removed for preservation.
The attraction of Lepidoptera to flowering plants also attractive to parasitoids (Diptera, Hymenoptera)
An illustrated guide to microlepidoptera. World Wide Web electronic publication (http://www.microleps.org/Guide/Gracillariidae/ Phyllocnistinae/index.html) accessed 2 Nov 2012.
Attraction of a native Florida leafminer, Phyllocnistis insignis (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), to pheromone of an invasive citrus leafminer, P. citrella: evidence for mating disruption of a native non-target species
(Z)-11-Hexadecenyl compounds as attractants for male microlepidoptera of the subfamilies Argyresthiinae, Glyphipteryginae, and Crambinae.
A sex attractant for trapping Crambus cypridalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Diakonoff (1954) published a comprehensive study for the microlepidoptera of New Guinea, listing 78 species of Lecithoceridae, as a part of Gelechiidae: 31 species of Lecithocera, 40 species of Crocanthes, and 7 species of little known genera, i.e., Gonaepa Meyrick, Periphorectis Meyrick, Spenocrates Meyrick, and Asmenistis Meyrick.
Microlepidoptera collected by the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains.
Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part III: a new genus Scolizona with description of two new species
Becker who is a microlepidoptera specialist in Brazil.
A new genus Neopectinimura (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Lecithoceridae), with five new species from Papua New Guinea
Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) Described by Edward Meyrick.
A new genus Chrysonasma (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Lecithoceridae), with description of a new species from the Philippines
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