lepidopteran in English

adjective

lepidopterous, of or pertaining to the order of insects which includes butterflies and moths (Zoology)

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1. Incorporation of radioactive uridine into the RNA of the lepidopteran Barathra brassicae

2. Cotton Bollworm ( Helicoverpa armigera) is a lepidopteran insect widely existing in nature and severely affecting crop productivity

3. Pink Bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), is the major lepidopteran pest of cotton in the southwestern USA

4. We describe a simple and straightforward procedure for the purification and separation of Apyrene and eupyrene forms of lepidopteran sperm

5. 29 There are usually very many muscles - up to 2000 or so in some Lepidopteran larvae - and the system is bilaterally symmetrical.

6. Examples: “And if the lepidopteran Scott has proved a difficult Biographee to net, the even more fluttery Zelda is yet trickier to cabin and pin down

7. Avaunt ® INSECTICIDE Avaunt ® insecticide controls the lepidopteran spectrum, plus several species of weevils and other beetles as well as sucking pests across a wide array of specialty crops.

8. Braconids Home > Pest management > beneficials > parasitoids > Braconids Braconids are small black, orange, or yellow wasps that prey on aphids and lepidopteran larvae, such as codling moth and leafroller

9. Butterflied Definition of Butterflied by Merriam-Webster Butterfly definition is - any of numerous slender-bodied diurnal lepidopteran insects including one superfamily (Papilionoidea) with broad often brightly colored wings and usually another superfamily comprising the skippers

10. Commission Decision of 3 November 2005 concerning the placing on the market, in accordance with Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of a maize product (Zea mays L., line 1507) genetically modified for resistance to certain lepidopteran pests and for tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium (notified under document number C(2005) 4192)