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  2. Calyptra (moth) - Wikipedia

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    Despite the bite being more severe than that of a mosquito, the moths do not pose a risk to humans. [7] Although it has been reported that moths have bitten humans in Asia, it was not until the summer of 1999 that a Russian scientist, Vladimir Kononenko, observed that this species of moth was capable of filling its stomach with human blood. [7]

  3. Antheraea polyphemus - Wikipedia

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    Antheraea polyphemus, the Polyphemus moth, is a North American member of the family Saturniidae, the giant silk moths. It is a tan-colored moth , with an average wingspan of 15 cm (6 in). The most notable feature of the moth is its large, purplish eyespots on its two hindwings .

  4. Moth - Wikipedia

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    Basic moth identification features. While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and ...

  5. Death's-head hawkmoth - Wikipedia

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    The African death's-head hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos) is the largest moth in the British Isles (though not in Africa), with a wingspan of 12 cm (5 in); it is a powerful flier, having sometimes been found on ships far from land.

  6. Creatonotos gangis - Wikipedia

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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 .

  7. Pseudosphinx - Wikipedia

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    Pseudosphinx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae first described by Hermann Burmeister in 1856. Its only species, Pseudosphinx tetrio , was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. Its common names include tetrio sphinx , giant gray sphinx , frangipani hornworm , [ 2 ] and plumeria caterpillar . [ 3 ]

  8. Fall webworm - Wikipedia

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    The moth is native to North America, ranging from Canada to Mexico and has been introduced into other continents. [3] Introduced to what was formerly Yugoslavia in the 1940s (firstly recorded in 1949 [4]), it now has occupied probably its entire range in Europe from France to the Caspian Sea in the east as well as penetrated into Central Asia: Turkmenistan (from 1990 to 1993), Uzbekistan ...

  9. Mastophora hutchinsoni - Wikipedia

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    After the M. hutchinsoni successfully attracts and traps the moth prey on the sticky bolas, the spider quickly reels the moth to herself, paralyzes the moth with a venomous bite, and wraps the prey in an envelope of silk to preserve the meal. [6] The venom of Mastophora is not recorded to be dangerous toward humans or large animals. [1]

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