Of the 5000 moth species already identified in Taiwan, the owlet moths (family Noctuidae) and inchworm moths (family Geometridae) account for over 2000. None of their larvae have poison-secreting glands among their defense mechanisms.
在台灣已知的五千種蛾寶寶裡，夜蛾科、尺蠖科至少佔掉兩千種，它們的幼蟲可都缺乏毒腺這一防衛性的利器。