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: any of various usually nocturnal lepidopteran insects with antennae that are often feathery, with a stouter body, duller coloring, and proportionately smaller wings than the butterflies, and with larvae that are plant-eating caterpillars
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But those protections also extend to the wider ecosystem — such as the yucca moth.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Cave moths clung to the walls, their tiny eyes glittering in my lamp’s beam.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
Ophiocordyceps sinensis fungus is a parasite that targets the caterpillar that is the larva of the ghost moth.
—Daile Zhang, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
The mite Tetranychus urticae mates an average of 13 times a day, and the moth Ephestia kuehniella mates five times in its lifetime.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Cave moths clung to the walls, their tiny eyes glittering in my lamp’s beam.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 23 Jan. 2025
Ophiocordyceps sinensis fungus is a parasite that targets the caterpillar that is the larva of the ghost moth.
—Daile Zhang, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
The mite Tetranychus urticae mates an average of 13 times a day, and the moth Ephestia kuehniella mates five times in its lifetime.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Moth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moth. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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