Macrolepidoptera


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Macrolepidoptera

[¦mak·rō‚lep·ə′däp·trə]
(invertebrate zoology)
A former division of Lepidoptera that included the larger moths and butterflies.
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(ed.) The Macrolepidoptera of the World, a systematic description of the hitherto known Macrolepidoptera.
Descripcion de nuevas especies y subespecies de hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Gryphocera)
Patterns in the life histories and feeding strategies of British macrolepidoptera. Journal of the Linnaean Society 37:367-381.
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Evolution of larval gregariousness in relation to repellent defences and warning coloration in tree-feeding Macrolepidoptera: a phylogenic analysis based on independent contrasts.
Arge xanthogaster (Hymenoptera: Argidae): a new threat to rose plants in Meghalaya, India
(editor) The Macrolepidoptera of the World, a systematic description of the hitherto known Macrolepidoptera.
Descripcion de una nueva especie de Megaleas Godman, 1901 para Colombia (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
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Remarkable records of Macrolepidoptera in Sweden 1997.
The effects of methodological limitations in the study of butterfly behavior and demography: a daily study of Vanessa atalanta (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) for 22 years
An index to the described life histories, early stages and hosts of the macrolepidoptera of the continental United States and Canada.
Response of insect herbivores to multiple allelochemicals under different thermal regimes
Seitz [ed.], The Macrolepidoptera of the World, volume 6.
Taxonomic notes on Ctenuchina, Euchromiina, and Phaegopterina (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini)
Species richness of macrolepidoptera on Finnish deciduous trees and shrubs.
Richness and abundance of caterpillars on Byrsonima (Malpighiaceae) species in an area of cerrado vegetationin Central Brazil
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