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n. [Gr. pseudos, false; L. eruca, caterpillar](ARTHROPODA: Insecta)Erucism caused by toxic setae in the adult female; see lepidopterism.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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lepidopterism — adj. [Gr. lepis, scale; pteron, wing; ismos, denoting condition] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Any pathological condition caused by the Lepidoptera; see erucism, paraerucism, cryptotoxic, phanerotoxic, metaerucism, pseudoerucism … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
