Butterflies are some of the most beautiful insects. There are also many beautiful moths. They have three main body regions ...

State agriculture officials have unveiled plans to spray a nontoxic pheromone in dozens of treatment areas this summer to disrupt the mating of spongy moths, a leaf-eating insect that can damage trees ...

The concept of moths being attracted to light is so established that it’s found in poems, song lyrics, and folklore. These ...

New research reveals that migrating moths rely on both visual signals and Earth’s magnetic field to guide their nighttime ...

How ancient gene transfers, genomes, and pollination shaped moths and butterflies - and why their sudden decline is raising ...

New research reveals how the invasive fall armyworm uses a combination of the Earth's magnetic field and visual cues to navigate during night-time migration.

An invasive caterpillar species is posing a serious threat to a cherished native moth, even though the two never directly compete for food, according to new research from ecologists at the University ...

Scientists at the Zoological Survey of India have discovered two new lichen moth species from the Himalayas. These moths ...

Scientists at the Zoological Survey of India have discovered two new species of lichen moths, previously unknown to science, ...