What is a tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc called?
microlepidoptera — A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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