Macrolepidoptera
See also: macrolepidoptera
Translingual
editEtymology
editProper noun
editMacrolepidoptera
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Lepidoptera.
Usage notes
edit- A traditional group that is paraphyletic, but may be rendered monophyletic by reassigning some of the member families.
Hypernyms
edit- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order