The community college was giving an evening course in lepidopterology, and Phoebe could hardly paint fast enough to meet the demand. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Sang For The Birds]
The famed author exhibited both equally in his writing and in his non-literary pursuits, which included lepidopterology, the study of butterflies and moths. From Wordnik.com. [The New Yorker] Reference
It is not improbable that had there been no revolution in Russia, I would have devoted myself entirely to lepidopterology and never written any novels at all. From Wordnik.com. [The New Yorker] Reference
Julian P. Donahue, the retired curator of lepidopterology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, was more about appreciating the moths, instead of eradicating them. From Wordnik.com. [WCAX - Local News] Reference
A 1988 article in the New Yorker described him as "the grandfather of American lepidopterology," or the study of butterflies, and credited him with scientifically describing or discovering "more North American butterflies than anyone had before, or has since.". From Wordnik.com. [The Charleston Gazette -] Reference
Once, he had wanted to write the definitive tome on the stages of a butterfly’s lifecycle—egg, larva, chrysalis, imago—in the sonorous language of lepidopterology. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady Matador’s Hotel] Reference
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