Moth
Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Moth (disambiguation).
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies.[1] They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (suborder Rhopalocera) and neither subordinate taxon is used in modern classifications. Moths make up the vast majority of the order. There are approximately 160,000 species of moth,[2] many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, although there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.
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Moths | |
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Atlas moth, Attacus atlas | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
(unranked): | Amphiesmenoptera |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
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