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Creatonotos gangis, the Baphomet moth [2] or Australian horror moth, is a species of arctiine moth in South East Asia and Australia. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 Centuria Insectorum .
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The twining stems feature scented, cup-shaped bisexual flowers, around 2 centimetres (0.79 in) in width, with five white, cream-coloured, violet or pale pink petals. The flowers are generally pollinated by moths (hence the name "moth plant"), butterflies and bees (entomophily), but they can self-pollinate. The flowering period extends from late ...
Subsequent molecular studies have failed to recover the macrolepidoptera as a monophyletic group, but have found a well supported clade of moths that excludes the butterflies and some other moth superfamilies. This macro-moth clade, named Macroheterocera, contains the following five or six superfamilies: [4] [5]
Males fly more and are generally more active by spending most of their time locating mates. P. tithonus is a protandrous species, meaning the males emerge before the females. As a result, females usually only mate once, so they have more time available for resting, nectar feeding, host plant selection, and oviposition .
Adult Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola) Pupa of a sphingid moth Caterpillar of the subfamily Arctiinae Eggs of the buff-tip (Phalera bucephala), a notodontid moth The external morphology of Lepidoptera is the physiological structure of the bodies of insects belonging to the order Lepidoptera , also known as butterflies and moths .
Prays citri, also known by the common name citrus flower moth, is a Lepidoptera belonging to the family Yponomeutidae and is a pest of Citrus. [1] Adult P. citri have light grey forewings with dark grey/black spots and greyish brown hindwings and body. [ 2 ]
Epimecis hortaria, the tulip-tree beauty, is a moth species of the Ennominae subfamily found in North America. It is found throughout New England south to Florida and west to Texas and Missouri. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. [2] It can be seen flying from late March to early October.