larentiine

English

Etymology

From translingual Larentiinae.

Noun

larentiine (plural larentiines)

1. (lepidopterology, entomology) Any moth in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae.
   • 2011 July, Sei-Woong Choi, “A New Record of Collix stellata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from Korea”, in The Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology‎^[1]:

     We report a larentiine species, Collix stellata Warren, for the first time from Korea.

   • 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^[2]:

     The present study provides a first inventory of the primary type specimens of larentiine moth species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) described from Indonesia.