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Acanthopteroctetidae
Acanthoctesia or "archaic sun moths" is an infraorder of insects in the Lepidopteran order, containing a single superfamily Acanthopteroctetoidea and a single family Acanthopteroctetidae.
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Acrolepiidae
The Acrolepiidae are a family of moths known as false diamondback moths.
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Acrolophidae
Acrolophidae (Burrowing webworm moths) is a family of moths in the Lepidoptera order.
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Adelidae
The Adelidae or fairy longhorn moths are a family of monotrysian moths in the lepidopteran infraorder Heteroneura.
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Agathiphaga
Agathiphaga is a genus of moths in the family Agathiphagidae, known as kauri moths.
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Agonoxeninae
The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.
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Aididae
The Aididae are a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea.
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Anatomical terms of location
Standard anatomical terms of location deal unambiguously with the anatomy of animals, including humans.
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Andesiana
Andesiana is a genus representing its own family Andesianidae and superfamily Andesianoidea, the "Andean endemic moths".
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Anomoeotidae
The Anomoeotidae are a family of moths in the Lepidoptera order of about 40 species, with Afrotropical and Oriental distribution.
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Anomoses
Anomoses hylecoetes is a species of primitive hepialoid moth endemic to Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.
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Antenna (biology)
Antennae (singular: antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers," are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods.
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Arrhenophanidae
Arrhenophanidae is a family of moths in the Lepidoptera order.
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Bagworm moth
The Psychidae (bagworm moths, also simply bagworms or bagmoths) are a family of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths).
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Basal (phylogenetics)
In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.
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Batrachedridae
The Batrachedridae are a small family of moths.
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Bedelliidae
Bedelliidae is a small family of small, narrow-winged moths; most authorities recognize just a single genus, Bedellia, previously included in the family Lyonetiidae.
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity, a portmanteau of biological (life) and diversity, generally refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth.
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Blastobasidae
The Blastobasidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea.
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Brachodidae
Brachodidae is a family of day-flying moths, commonly known as little bear moths, which contains about 135 species distributed around much of the world (Edwards et al. 1999).
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Bucculatricidae
Bucculatricidae or (Bucculatrigidae) is a family of moths.
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Butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths.
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Carposinidae
Carposinidae, the "fruitworm moths", is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera.
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Castniidae
Castniidae, or castniid moths, is a small family of moths with fewer than 200 species: The majority are Neotropical with some in Australia and a few in south-east Asia.
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Caterpillar
Caterpillars are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
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Cecidosidae
Cecidosidae is a little-known family of primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera which have a piercing ovipositor used for laying eggs in plant tissue in which they induce galls, or they mine in bark (Davis, 1999; Hoare and Dugdale, 2003).
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Choreutidae
Choreutidae, or metalmark moths, are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order whose relationships have been long disputed.
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Clothes moth
Clothes moth or clothing moth is the common name for several species of moth considered to be pests, whose larvae eat animal fibres (hairs), including clothing and other fabrics.
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Coleophoridae
The Coleophoridae are a family of large moths, belonging to the huge superfamily Gelechioidea.
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Concorde
The Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde is a British-French turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner that was operated from 1976 until 2003.
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Copromorphidae
Copromorphidae, the "tropical fruitworm moths" is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order.
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Copromorphoidea
Copromorphoidea, the "fruitworm moths" is a superfamily of insects in the lepidopteran order.
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Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the Lepidoptera order.
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Cossidae
The Cossidae, the cossid millers or carpenter millers, make up a family of mostly large miller moths.
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Cossoidea
Cossoidea is the superfamily of moths that includes carpenter moths and relatives.
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Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans (butterflies and moths).
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Crinopteryx
Crinopteryx is a monotypic genus of moths and the sole genus of the also monotypic Crinopterygidae family.
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Cyclotorna
Cyclotorna is a genus of moths, the sole one of family Cyclotornidae, with five recognized species, all endemic to Australia.
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Dalceridae
The Dalceridae are a small family of zygaenoid moths with some 80 known species encompassing about one dozen genera mostly found in the Neotropical region with a few reaching the far south of the Nearctic region.
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Detritivore
Detritivores, also known as detrivores, detritophages, detritus feeders, or detritus eaters, are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing plant and animal parts as well as feces).
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Ditrysia
The Ditrysia are a natural group or clade of insects in the lepidopteran order containing both butterflies and moths.
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Douglasiidae
The small Lepidopteran family Douglasiidae includes several species of moths whose adults are collectively called Douglas moths and whose larvae are leaf miners.
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Dudgeonea
Dudgeonea is a small genus of moths and the only genus of its family, the Dudgeoneidae.
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Ecological niche
In ecology, a niche (CanE, or) is the fit of a species living under specific environmental conditions.
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Ecology
Ecology (from οἶκος, "house", or "environment"; -λογία, "study of") is the branch of biology which studies the interactions among organisms and their environment.
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Ecoregion
An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than an ecozone.
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Elachistidae
The Elachistidae (grass-miner moths) are a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea.
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Epermeniidae
Epermeniidae or the fringe-tufted moths is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order with about 14 genera.
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Epipyropidae
The Epipyropidae comprise a small family of moths.
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Eriocottidae
Eriocottidae or Old World spiny-winged moths is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order whose position relative to other members of the superfamily Tineoidea is currently unknown.
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Eriocraniidae
Eriocraniidae is a family of moths restricted to the Holarctic region, with six extant genera.
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Ermine moth
The family Yponomeutidae are known as the ermine moths, with several hundred species, most of them in the tropics.
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Ethmiinae
The Ethmiinae are a subfamily of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea sometimes included in the Elachistidae or the Oecophoridae, but mostly in the Depressariidae as a subfamily Ethmiinae.
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Flannel moth
The flannel moths or crinkled flannel moths (scientific name Megalopygidae) are a family of insects.
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Flowering plant
The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.
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Fresh water
Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.
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Fungus
A fungus (plural: fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.
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Galacticidae
Galacticidae is a recently recognised and enigmatic family of insects in the lepidopteran order.
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Gelechiidae
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths.
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Gelechioidea
Gelechioidea (from the type genus Gelechia, "resting on the ground") is the superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths.
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Glossary of entomology terms
This glossary of entomology describes terms used in the formal study of insect species by entomologists.
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Glyphipterigidae
The Glyphipterigidae are a family of small moths commonly known as sedge moths, as the larvae of many species feed on sedges and rushes.
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Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
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Gracillarioidea
Gracillarioidea is a large superfamily containing four families of insects in the order Lepidoptera.
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Heliodinidae
Heliodinidae, commonly known as sun moths, is a family of small moths with slender bodies and narrow wings.
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Heliozelidae
A family of primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae are small, metallic day-flying moths with shiny smooth heads.
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Hepialidae
The Hepialidae are a family of insects in the lepidopteran order.
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Hepialoidea
The Hepialoidea are the superfamily of "ghost moths" and "swift moths".
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Heterobathmia
Heterobathmia is a genus of Lepidoptera.
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Heterogynidae
The Heterogynidae are a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order.
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Himantopteridae
The Himantopteridae are a family of moths in the Zygaenoidea superfamily.
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Holcopogoninae
The Holcopogoninae are a subfamily of moths.
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Hyblaeidae
Hyblaeidae are the "teak moths", a family of insects in the Lepidopteran order.
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Hyposmocoma molluscivora
Hyposmocoma molluscivora is a Hawaiian moth whose larvae are predators, capturing snails in their silk, much like a hunting spider's web, and then crawling inside the snail's shell to eat it alive.
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Imago
In biology, the imago is the last stage an insect attains during its metamorphosis, its process of growth and development; it also is called the imaginal stage, the stage in which the insect attains maturity.
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Immidae
Immoidea is a superfamily of pantropical moths containing only the family Immidae comprising ten genera with around 250 species, over half of them in the genus Imma.
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Incurvariidae
Incurvariidae is a family of small primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera.
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Incurvarioidea
Incurvarioidea is a superfamily of primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera which consists of Leafcutters, yucca moths and relatives.
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Insect
Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.
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Insect mouthparts
Insects have a range of mouthparts, adapted to particular modes of feeding.
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Insect wing
Insect wings are adult outgrowths of the insect exoskeleton that enable insects to fly.
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Lacturidae
The Lacturidae comprise a family of moths in the Zygaenoidea superfamily.
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Larva
A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.
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Leaf miner
A leaf miner is the larva of an insect that lives in and eats the leaf tissue of plants.
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Lecithoceridae
The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947.
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Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans).
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Limacodidae
The Limacodidae or Euclidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea or the Cossoidea;Scoble, MJ.
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Lophocoronoidea
Lophocoronoidea is a superfamily of insects in the Lepidoptera order.
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Lyonetiidae
Lyonetiidae is a family of moths with some 200 described species.
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Lypusidae
Lypusidae is an obscure family of moths placed in the superfamily Gelechioidea.
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Macro photography
Macro photography (or photomacrography or macrography, and sometimes macrophotography), is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects and living organisms like insects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life size (though macrophotography technically refers to the art of making very large photographs).
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Macrolepidoptera
Macrolepidoptera is a group within the insect order Lepidoptera.
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Many-plumed moth
The Alucitidae or many-plumed moths are a family of moths with unusually modified wings.
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Marchantiophyta
The Marchantiophyta are a division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts.
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Metachanda
Metachanda is the sole genus in tribe Metachandini of moth subfamily Oecophorinae.
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Micropterigidae
Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about 20 living genera.
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Microscopic scale
The microscopic scale (from, mikrós, "small" and σκοπέω, skopéō "look") is the scale of objects and events smaller than those that can easily be seen by the naked eye, requiring a lens or microscope to see them clearly.
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Mnesarchaea
Mnesarchaeoidea is a superfamily of "New Zealand primitive moths" containing one family, Mnesarchaeidae and a single genus, Mnesarchaea, endemic to New Zealand.
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Momphidae
The Momphidae, or mompha moths, is a family of moths with some 115 described species.
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Monophyly
In cladistics, a monophyletic group, or clade, is a group of organisms that consists of all the descendants of a common ancestor.
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Monotrysia
The Monotrysia are a group of insects in the lepidopteran order which are not currently considered to be a natural group or clade.
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Moth
Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera.
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Neopseustidae
Neopseustidae is a small family of day and night-flying "archaic bell moths" in the Lepidoptera order.
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Neotheora
Neotheoridae, or Amazonian primitive ghost moths, is a primitive family of insects in the lepidopteran order containing a single genus and species, Neotheora chiloides.
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Nepticulidae
Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution.
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Nepticuloidea
A superfamily of usually very small monotrysian moths that are characterised by small or large eyecaps over the compound eyes.
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Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae (concealer moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea.
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Opostegidae
Opostegidae or "white eyecap moths" is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order that is characterised by particularly large eyecaps over the compound eyes (see also Nepticulidae, Bucculatricidae, Lyonetiidae).
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Palaeosetidae
The Palaeosetidae or miniature ghost moths are a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera contained within the superfamily Hepialoidea.
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Palaephatidae
Palaephatoidea is a superfamily of insects in the Lepidoptera order with a single family, Palaephatidae with seven known genera.
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Paraphyly
In taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's last common ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor excluding a few—typically only one or two—monophyletic subgroups.
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Parasitoid
A parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host and at the host's expense, and which sooner or later kills it.
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Pest (organism)
A pest is a plant or animal detrimental to humans or human concerns including crops, livestock, and forestry.
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Phenotype
A phenotype is the composite of an organism's observable characteristics or traits, such as its morphology, development, biochemical or physiological properties, behavior, and products of behavior (such as a bird's nest).
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Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics (Greek: φυλή, φῦλον – phylé, phylon.
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Plutellidae
The Plutellidae are a family of moths commonly known as the diamondback moths, named after the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) of European origin.
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Prodidactis
Prodidactis mystica is an enigmatic Pyraloidea-like moth from southern Africa which has been placed in its own family, Prodidactidae and which belongs in the lepidopteran group Apoditrysia.
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Prodoxidae
The Prodoxidae are a family of moths, generally small in size and nondescript in appearance.
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Prototheora
Prototheora is a genus of moths.
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Pterolonchidae
Pterolonchidae is a small family of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea.
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Pterophoridae
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings.
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Pyralidae
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea.
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Pyraloidea
The Pyraloidea (pyraloid moths) are a moth superfamily containing about 16,000 described species worldwide (Munroe & Solis 1998), and probably at least as many more remain to be described.
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Roeslerstammiidae
Roeslerstammiidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera.
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Scale (anatomy)
In most biological nomenclature, a scale (Greek λεπίς lepis, Latin squama) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an animal's skin to provide protection.
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Scavenger
Scavenging is both a carnivorous and a herbivorous feeding behavior in which the scavenger feeds on dead animal and plant material present in its habitat.
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Schreckensteiniidae
Schreckensteinioidea is a superfamily in the insect order Lepidoptera containing a single family, Schreckensteiniidae, or "bristle-legged moths", because of the stout spines on the hindlegs.
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Scythrididae
Scythrididae (flower moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea.
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Segmentation (biology)
Segmentation in biology is the division of some animal and plant body plans into a series of repetitive segments.
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Sesiidae
The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are a diurnal moth family in the order Lepidoptera known for their Batesian mimicry in both appearance and behaviour of various Hymenoptera.
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Sesioidea
Sesioidea is the superfamily currently containing clearwing moths (Sesiidae), castniid moths (Castniidae) and little bear moths (Brachodidae).
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Simaethistoidea
Simaethistoidea is an obscure superfamily of pyralid-like moths with two genera, whose biology and relationships among the Ditrysia is currently unknown, namely the Australian Metaprotus (2 species) and the China and North Indian Simaethistis (2 species) (Dugdale et al., 1999).
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Somabrachyidae
The Somabrachyidae are a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera.
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Symmocinae
The Symmocinae are a subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea.
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Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in a taxonomic hierarchy.
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Taxonomy of the Lepidoptera
This is a taxonomy of the insect order Lepidoptera down to family level.
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Thyrididae
The Thyrididae comprise the family of picture-winged leaf moths.
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Tineidae
Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810.
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Tineoidea
Tineoidea is the ditrysian superfamily of moths that includes clothes moths, bagworms and relatives.
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Tischerioidea
Tischerioidea is the superfamily of "trumpet" leaf miner moths.
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Tortricidae
The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera.
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Tympanal organ
A tympanal organ is a hearing organ in insects, consisting of a membrane (tympanum) stretched across a frame backed by an air sac and associated sensory neurons.
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Urodidae
Urodidae or "false burnet moths" is a family of insects in the lepidopteran order, representing its own superfamily, Urodoidea, with three genera, one of which, Wockia, occurs in Europe.
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Vernacular
A vernacular, or vernacular language, is the language or variety of a language used in everyday life by the common people of a specific population.
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Whalleyana
Whalleyana is an enigmatic genus of moths in the Lepidopteran group Obtectomera, endemic to Madagascar.
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Yponomeutoidea
Yponomeutoidea is a superfamily of ermine moths and relatives.
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Ypsolophidae
Ypsolophidae is a family of moths with some 160 species.
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Zygaenidae
The Zygaenidae moths are a family of Lepidoptera.
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Zygaenoidea
The Zygaenoidea comprise the superfamily of moths that includes burnet moths, forester moths, and relatives.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microlepidoptera
