Psychodidae

Japanese: Psychodidae
Psychodidae

…A general term for insects belonging to the family Psychodidae in the order Diptera. The Japanese name was translated from the German Schmetterlingsmücken by a scholar in the Meiji period, and together with the English name, it means a fly with scales on its wings like those of Lepidoptera insects (butterflies, moths).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Psychodidae" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…双翅目チョウバエ科Psychodidaeに属する昆虫の総称。和名は明治のころの学者がドイツ語のSchmetterlingsmückenを訳したもので,英名とともに翅に鱗翅目昆虫(チョウ,ガ)のような鱗毛をもつハエの意味である。…

※「Psychodidae」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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