![]() ![]() Day-flying moths are often noticed feeding at flowers. The insect that is often considered as the most beautiful insect in the world is a day-flying moth, The Sunset Moth, from Madagascar. However, there are many day-flying moths, and many of them are brightly colored. Opposite to the habits of butterflies, moths usually fly during the night to gather nectar at flowers. One of the moth species most commonly seen is the Tomato Hornworm Moth, although it is noticed in the caterpillar stage as it devours tomato foliage in the garden. The Giant Silkworm Moths form a vast array of large, impressive insects with colorful wings, sometimes with long tails on the hind wings. General statements. Although moths have for the most part relatively dull wing colors, there are many species with spectacular colors and patterns. Moths can usually be distinguished from butterflies by their antennae, which are typically threadlike or feathery in contrast, butterflies have club-tipped antennae. They differ from other insects also by their ability to coil up their feeding tube (the proboscis). In the United States, there are nearly 11,000 species of moths.ĭistinctive characteristics. Moths (and their close relatives, the butterflies) are the only group of insects that have scales covering their wings, although there are a few exceptions. There are some 160,000 species of moths in the world, compared to 17,500 species of butterflies. ![]() Numbers of species. Moths are in the insect Order Lepidoptera, and share this Order with Butterflies. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art. ![]()
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