Sometimes, a creature unknown to science hides in plain sight without anyone realizing its significance. In the case of one ...

The number of moths captured in fields this spring is a good indication corn growers in the Midwest need to make preliminary plans to address insect feeding this season. Black Cutworm And True ...

A moth specimen collected roughly 170 years ago by the famed naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace sat neglected in museum storage for more than a century and a half before researchers finally identified ...

Ohio’s moth fauna is incredibly diverse. At least 2,000 species have been documented, and scores of others await discovery. I once heard an expert on “micro-moths” say that if we could find all of ...

European Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), with a currently known inventory of approximately 11,000 species, are generally considered well-researched. However, a new genus and species from the ...

One kind of Australian moth looks to the stars on its voyage to a summertime refuge. In spring, mounting temperatures and dwindling food sources send the moths roughly 1,000 kilometers south toward ...