pterophorid
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[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).