amplexiform wing coupling

amplexiform wing coupling
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
Lepidopterous wing coupling by virtue of an extensive area of overlap between the fore and hind wing.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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