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Moth (order Lepidoptera), any of more than 150,000 species of overwhelmingly nocturnal flying insects that, along with the butterflies and skippers, constitute the order Lepidoptera.
moths (mothz, mÃ´thz, mÅthz, moths). mÃ´ths. MÅths 1 any of numerous insects of The, order lepidoptera generally distinguished from butterflies by their, nocturnal activity hairlike or, feathery antennae, stout bodies and the frenulum that holds the front and back. wings. Together 2 a. clothes mothrctiid, arctiid moth-stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars. lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth-medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae.