larentiine
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English
Etymology
From translingual Larentiinae.
Noun
larentiine (plural larentiines)
- (lepidopterology, entomology) Any moth in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae.
- 2015 July 17, Olga Schmidt, “List of primary types of the larentiine moth species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) described from Indonesia - a starting point for biodiversity assessment of the subfamily in the region”, in Biodivers Data Journal:
- The present study provides a first inventory of the primary type specimens of larentiine moth species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) described from Indonesia.