Dictionary

myoglossatan en · ADJ

Etymology

From translingual Myoglossata + -an.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to the clade Myoglossata, including butterflies and moths.
   • Based on molecular data, Kristensen et al. (2015) contradicted the myoglossatan monophyly, in favour of the clade Acanthopteroctetidae + ... 2022 June 27, Weiting Zhang, Chungkun Shih, Michael S. Engel, Dong Ren, Cretaceous lophocoronids with short proboscis and retractable female genitalia provide the earliest evidence for their feeding and oviposition habits:
   • Other putative myoglossatan au- tapomorphies include the somewhat enlarged median mesonotal wing process, as well as the upwards bend of acrotergite I and ... 1998, Teilband/Part 35 Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography:

Forms

Hypernyms

coelolepidan

Hyponyms

neolepidopteran · archaic bell moth