Types Of Moths In Us

There are thousands of different species of moths all across the globe many with interesting appearances and interesting abilities.

Types of moths in us. The wingspan of these moths goes up to 76 mm and they sport a bright white color with a combination of hollow and solid neat black blotches. The rosy maple moth. This list is sorted on mona number mona is short for moths of america north of mexico and sometimes called a hodges number. There are over 160000 recorded species of moths across the globe with around 11000 of these being found in the united states and around 2500 being found in the united kingdom.

Mothra a recurring character in the godzilla franchise. Killer moth or drury walker a supervillain in american comic books. Like butterflies moths belong to the family lepidoptera yet they display some of their own unique physical and behavioral characteristics and often those characteristics help organize discussions of the different types of moths common in the united states. Moths are flying insects in the order of lepidoptera which is also the same order to which butterflies belong.

Peppered moth biston betularia the subject of a now well known study in evolution. There are some 160000 species of moths in the world compared to 17500 species of butterflies. This is one of the largest species of moths in the world but it does all of its growing as a caterpillar. 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.

In the united states there are nearly 11000 species of moths. Some fly over 2500 miles 4000km. Every winter tens of millions of these butterflies migrate from the cold of canada and the eastern united states to the warm sunshine of mexico and california. The rosy maple moth a small moth found in north america is notable for its bright pink and yellow coloring and.

Wax moths galleria mellonella achroia grisella other. The large moths button to the left provides a great sample of moth species to.