pterophorid
English edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of translingual Pterophoridae, from ptero- + -phore + -idae.
Noun edit
pterophorid (plural pterophorids)
- (lepidopterology, entomology) Any moth of the family Pterophoridae.
- Synonym: plume moth
- 2018, Robert Dudley, The Biomechanics of Insect Flight: Form, Function, Evolution:
- No kinematic adaptations particular to the extraordinary wing structure of pterophorids are evident, and adjacent wing lobes appear to form a continuous surface (Norberg, 1972b).