Microlepidoptera

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Microlepidoptera \Mi`cro*lep`i*dop"te*ra\, n. pl. [NL. See
     {Micro-}, and {Lepidoptera}.] (Zool.)
     A tribe of {Lepidoptera}, including a vast number of minute
     species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.
     [1913 Webster]