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The modern English word moth comes from Old English moððe (cf. Northumbrian mohðe) from Common Germanic (compare Old Norse motti, Dutch mot, and German Motte all meaning 'moth'). Its origins are possibly related to the Old English maða meaning ' maggot ' or from the root of midge which until the 16th century was used mostly to indicate the ...
Lepidoptera (/ ˌlɛpɪˈdɒptərə / LEP-ih-DOP-tər-ə) or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths.
Moths often have weird and wonderful English names but every moth species has a scientific name in Latin (often mixed with Greek). Most micro-moths only have a scientific name, but all macro-moths have an English name as well.
This article is a list of lists of some of the 160,000 species of Lepidoptera that are commonly known as moths.
Brimstone Moth. Brindled Beauty. Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth. Broad-bordered White Underwing. Brown House-moth. Brown Silver-line. Brown-tail. Buff Arches. Buff Ermine.
26 wrz 2024 · Moths vary greatly in size, ranging in wingspan from about 4 mm (0.16 inch) to nearly 30 cm (about 1 foot). Highly adapted, they live in all but polar habitats. The wings, bodies, and legs of moths are covered with dustlike scales that come off if the insect is handled.
LepIndex is essentially a computerised and updated version of the Natural History Museum's (NHM) card index archive to the scientific names of the living and fossil butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) of the world.
