Amaranths are recorded as food plants for some Lepidoptera ( butterfly and moth ) species including the nutmeg moth and various case-bearer moths of the genus Coleophora: C. amaranthella, C. enchorda ( feeds exclusively on Amaranthus ), C. immortalis ( feeds exclusively on Amaranthus ), C. lineapulvella and C. versurella ( recorded on A. spinosus ).

* Nepeta species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera ( butterfly and moth ) species including Coleophora albitarsella.

Caterpillars of the moth Coleophora bifrondella feed exclusively on Winter savory ( S. montana ).

Onobrychis species are used as food plants by the caterpillars of some Lepidoptera species, such as the case-bearer moth Coleophora colutella ( recorded on O. saxatilis ) and the Damon Blue ( Polyommatus damon ) butterfly.

Dogwoods are used as food plants by the larvae of some species of butterflies and moths, including the Emperor moth, the Engrailed, the small angle shades, and the following case-bearers of the genus Coleophora: C. ahenella, C. salicivorella ( recorded on Cornus canadensis ), C. albiantennaella, C. cornella and C. cornivorella, with the latter three all feeding exclusively on Cornus.

Quince is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including brown-tail, Bucculatrix bechsteinella, Bucculatrix pomifoliella, Coleophora cerasivorella, Coleophora malivorella, green pug and winter moth.

Plants of this genus are eaten mainly by the larvae of many Lepidoptera species including Emperor Moth, Garden tiger moth, True Lover's Knot, Wormwood Pug and the Coleophora case-bearers C. juncicolella and C. pyrrhulipennella.

The larva of this moth feeds on Lychnis species, as do some other Lepidoptera including Cabbage Moth ( recorded on L. chalcedonica ), Grey Chi and case-bearers of the genus Coleophora including C. albella ( feeds exclusively on L. flos-cuculi ) and C. leucapennella.

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.

The leaves provide food for some animals, including Lepidoptera such as the case-bearer moth Coleophora anatipennella.

The foliage is sometimes eaten by the larvae of Lepidoptera, including emperor moth, willow beauty, white-pinion spotted, common emerald, November moth, pale November moth, mottled pug, green pug, brimstone moth, feathered thorn, brown-tail, yellow-tail, short-cloaked moth, lesser yellow underwing, lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing, double square-spot, black and brown hairstreaks, hawthorn moth ( Scythropia crataegella ) and the case-bearer moth Coleophora anatipennella.

The flowers are sometimes eaten by the caterpillars of the Double-striped Pug moth ( Gymnoscelis rufifasciata ), while those of the case-bearer moth Coleophora albicosta feed exclusively on Ulex.

The leaves provide food for many animals, including Lepidoptera such as the case-bearer moth, Coleophora anatipennella.

White clover is the only known plant on which the caterpillars of the Coleophoridae case-bearer moth Coleophora mayrella feed.

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.

According to United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization the term bean should include only species of Phaseolus ; however, a strict consensus definition has proven difficult because in the past, several species such as Vigna ( angularis ( azuki bean ), mungo ( black gram ), radiata ( mung bean ), aconitifolia ( moth bean )) were classified as Phaseolus and later reclassified.

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 evolution of the peppered moth over the last two hundred years has been studied in detail.

As a result of the relatively simple and easy-to-understand circumstances of the adaptation, the peppered moth has become a common example used in explaining or demonstrating natural selection to laypeople and classroom students.

* Bruce Grant has written several papers on melanism in the peppered moth which are listed on his home page.

Recently, a new infestation of a hazardous moth has effected the population of oak trees in London.

The oak processionary moth has been discovered but the caterpillars of this moth are especially harmful to oak trees because they eat the leaves leaving it vulnerable to other types of diseases.

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.

Silks are produced by several other insects, but generally only the silk of moth caterpillars has been used for textile manufacturing.

Another example of batesian mimicry is the io moth, ( Automeris io ), which has markings on its wings which resemble an owl's eyes.

File: Chrysiridia rhipheus 23. JPG | Chrysiridia rhipheus, a day-flying Uraniidae moth, has butterfly-like colours

The moth is used as a control for ragwort in countries in which it has been introduced and become a problem, like New Zealand and the western United States.

The release of the cactus moth Cactoblastis cactorum within the park has facilitated the biological control of prickly pear.

They are up to 40 mm long and most commonly live in holes in trees formed by beetle and moth larvae or where rot has set in after a twig has broken off.

She has also secretly hidden moth and butterfly pupae in criminal courts in the hope that they will hatch in mid-trial.

Barbara Vine's novel The Chimney Sweeper's Boy has as a central plot device a moth of that name, more formally identified as Epichnopterix plumella, which represents the main character's transformation and identity.

At first, she berates him for his inability to connect to the real world-until she spots his moth tattoo and realizes that it is preventing him from being able to connect so that he never has anyone close to him to get hurt.

: The twirler moth genus invalidly described by Heinemann in or around 1870 has been synonymized with Brachmia.

The small but colorful moth Oecophora bractella has one of its few English populations here, and does not seem to occur much farther northwards.

alt = on the left, a small brown bird with orange eye-ring and a long tail holding a moth, while at its right another similar bird has an open mouth begging for food

Here the moth, on a human hand, is resting but alert, and has jinked the front wings forward to reveal the warning flash.

For example, Pietrewicz and Kamil ( 1977, 1979 ) presented blue jays with pictures of tree trunks upon which rested either a moth of species A, a moth of species B, or no moth at all.

Despite the poor appearance of these infested trees, there is no evidence that damage by the moth leads to tree death.

After its metamorphosis, the small, silver and gray-colored moth lives for no more than a few days.

The court found that the loss arising from the negligence of an accidental finder was not allowed to constitute a cause of action, for no law compelleth him that finds a thing to keep it safely ; as if a man finds a garment and suffers it to be moth eaten.

Cladomelea akermani whirls the bolas immediately after it is prepared for about 15 minutes, even when there is no moth present.