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Saturnioidea

Saturnioidea

[‚sad·ər·nē′ȯid·ē·ə]
(invertebrate zoology)
A superfamily of medium- to very-large-sized moths in the suborder Heteroneura having the frenulum reduced or absent, reduced mouthparts, no tympanum, and pectinate antennae.
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