“+ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from micr- + Lepidoptera
in some classifications : a major division of Lepidoptera comprising the smaller moths and a few closely related larger moths (as of the families Tineidae, Tortricidae, Pyralididae, Psychidae, and Eucleidae) — usually used descriptively without taxonomic implications and often uncapitalized; compare macrolepidoptera
• mi·cro·lepidopterous “+ adjective