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This moth has been introduced to the eastern United States and is common near many towns ; it is about 12 cm across, with angulated wings, and in colour olive brown, with white markings.
The Polygalaceae is fairly well researched among plant families, in part due to the large diversity of the genus Polygala, and also due to members of the family, like the Fabaceae, being food plants for various Lepidoptera ( butterfly and moth ) species.
She is credited with popularizing the term " debugging " for fixing computer glitches ( motivated by an actual moth removed from the computer ).
The peppered moth ( Biston betularia ) is a temperate species of night-flying moth.
Peppered moth evolution is often used by educators as an example of natural selection.
In Britain and Ireland, the peppered moth is univoltine ( i. e., it has one generation per year ), whilst in south-eastern North America it is bivoltine ( two generations per year ).
The best evidence for resting positions is given by data collected by the peppered moth researcher Michael Majerus, and it is given in the accompanying charts.
Firstly, a few inches below a branch-trunk joint on a tree trunk where the moth is in shadow ; secondly, on the underside of branches and thirdly on foliate twigs.
This is not the case ; individuals of each morph interbreed and produce fertile offspring with individuals of all other morphs ; hence there is only one peppered moth species.
Jonathan Wells is one of a number of creationists who have criticized the use of peppered moth melanism as an example of evolution in action.
There is a moth, Callistege mi, named after her.
* September 9 – The first case of a computer bug is found: a moth lodged in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at the Naval Weapons Center in Dahlgren, Virginia.
This log book is on display in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, complete with moth attached.
It is consumed as food by the larvae of some Lepidoptera ( butterfly and moth ) species including Grey Pug.
The worm is actually the larval form of the moth Hypopta agavis, which lives on the agave plant.
A venom which is among the most potent defensive chemicals in any animal is produced by the South American silk moth genus Lonomia.
Also, in the Philippines, a lingering black butterfly or moth in the house is taken to mean that someone in the family has died or will soon die.
The coconut palm is damaged by the larvae of many Lepidoptera ( butterfly and moth ) species which feed on it, including Batrachedra spp.
eastern bagworm, common bagworm, common basket worm, or North American bagworm, is a moth that spins its cocoon in its larval life, decorating it with bits of plant material from the trees on which it feeds.

moth and insect
In lepidopteran ( butterfly and moth ) species, scales are plates on the surface of the insect wing, and provide coloration.
Students have a chance to observe complete life cycles of insect from egg stage to larvae, pupa, moth and eggs.
In short, Ragwort is an exclusive food source for ten rare or threatened insect species, including the Picture Winged Fly ( Campiglossa malaris ), the Scarse Clouded Knot Horn micro moth ( Homocosoma nimbella ), and the Sussex Emerald micro moth ( Thalera fimbrialis ).
* Cocoon ( silk ), a pupal casing made by moth caterpillars and other insect larvae
Yuccas have a very specialized, mutualistic pollination system, being pollinated by yucca moths ( family Prodoxidae ); the insect purposefully transfers the pollen from the stamens of one plant to the stigma of another, and at the same time lays an egg in the flower ; the moth larva then feeds on some of the developing seeds, always leaving enough seed to perpetuate the species.
Pheromones of pest insect species, such as the Japanese beetle and the gypsy moth, can be used to induce many behaviors.
Bacillus thuringiensis is the most widely applied species of bacteria used for biological control, with at least four sub-species used to control Lepidopteran ( moth, butterfly ), Coleopteran ( beetle ) and Dipteran ( true flies ) insect pests.
The gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar ) feeds on foliage and is potentially the most destructive insect.
A cocoon is a casing spun of silk by many moth caterpillars, and numerous other holometabolous insect larvae as a protective covering for the pupa.
The foliage and bark is eaten by Red Deer, Roe Deer, and Mountain Hares, and a small number of insect larvae, including the moth Venusia cambrica, the case-bearer moth Coleophora anatipennella and leaf-miners of genus Stigmella.
Detection of the cactus-eating moth Cactoblastis cactorum in Mexico in 2006 caused anxiety among the country's phytosanitary authorities, as this insect can be potentially devastating for the cactus industry.
Thymus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera ( butterfly and moth ) insect species, including Chionodes distinctella and the Coleophora case-bearers C. lixella, C. niveicostella, C. serpylletorum and C. struella ( the latter three feed exclusively on Thymus ).
In South Africa, cutworms are the most important of the many insect pests that attack the cape gooseberry in seedbeds ; red spiders after plants have been established in the field ; and the potato tuber moth if the cape gooseberry is in the vicinity of potato fields.
: See also Viper's Bugloss ( moth ) for the insect.
Pollination is done by the giant sphinx moth, the only local insect with a long enough proboscis to pollinate the flowers and access the extremely long nectar spur.
The (, ; compare also and ), in Albanian folklore, was a vampiric witch that would suck the blood of infants at night while they slept, and would then turn into a flying insect ( traditionally a moth, fly or bee ).
The wasps are currently used to control at least 28 species of insect pest, including the cotton bollworm, codling moth, and European corn borer.
The moth is native to North America, ranging from Canada to Mexico, and is one of the few insect pests introduced from North America into other continents.

moth and related
* Spirostachys africana, a related plant parasitized by a similar moth.
Two closely related species are commercially bred – the lesser wax moth ( Achroia grisella ) and the greater wax moth ( Galleria mellonella ).
It is closely related to the ( doubtfully distinct ) genera Cadra and Ephestia which include ( s ) other pest species ( e. g. E. kuehniella which is also colloquially called " flour moth ").
Recent research has shown that in the related moth Gramminia incorrupta, whose larvae are also called “ woollybears ”, larvae consume alkaloid-laden leaves that help fight off internal parasitic fly larvae.

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