myoglossatan

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death's-head hawkmoth

Etymology[edit]

translingual Myoglossata +‎ -an

Adjective[edit]

myoglossatan (comparative more myoglossatan, superlative most myoglossatan)

  1. (zoology) Of or pertaining to the clade Myoglossata, including butterflies and moths.
    • 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[1]:
      Based on molecular data, Kristensen et al. (2015) contradicted the myoglossatan monophyly, in favour of the clade Acanthopteroctetidae + ...
    • 1998, Teilband/Part 35 Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography[2]:
      Other putative myoglossatan au- tapomorphies include the somewhat enlarged median mesonotal wing process, as well as the upwards bend of acrotergite I and ...

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