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    The dot moth (Melanchra persicariae) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is a very distinctive...
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    Syntomeida epilais, the polka-dot wasp moth or oleander moth, is a species of moth thought to be native to the Caribbean. Its larvae feed on the oleander...
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    Rivula sericealis, the straw dot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in his 1763 Entomologia...
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    Madope auferens, the black-dot moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1898. It is known from Australia...
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    recorded as a food plant for some Lepidoptera caterpillars including the dot moth, and a nectar source for other butterflies and bumblebees. They are often...
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    plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the dot moth, the garden carpet moth and the large white or cabbage white butterfly. Tropaeolum...
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    the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including dot moth, Gazoryctra wielgusi, hummingbird hawk-moth and Schinia indiana (which feeds exclusively on P...
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    Lepidoptera species including brown-tail, buff ermine, dot moth, emperor moth, engrailed moth, swallow-tailed moth and the V-pug. The crushed foliage and immature...
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    exprimens, and Blepharita amica were found eating from A. septentrionale. The dot moth Melanchra persicariae occurs both on A. septentrionale and A. intermedium...
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    common pug (recorded on harebell), dot moth, ingrailed clay (recorded on harebell), lime-speck pug and mouse moth.[citation needed] Well-known species...
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    as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the dot moth and small angle shades. Genetic analysis suggests that Delphinium sensu...
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    brassicae), dot moth (Melanchra persicariae) and mouse moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis). The engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia), a geometer moth, also uses...
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    are used as food plants by the larvae of some butterflies and moths, including the dot moth, grey pug, lime-speck pug, small angle shades, and v-pug. Bees...
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    is used for food by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, such as the dot moth (Melanchra persicariae), as well as other insects, such as the Japanese...
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    as a food plant by the larvae of some species of Lepidoptera, including dot moth, grey dagger and grey pug, although A. podagraria is not the exclusive...
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  • Thumbnail for Urtica dioica
    some moths including angle shades, buff ermine, dot moth, the flame, the gothic, grey chi, grey pug, lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing, mouse moth, setaceous...
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    The dotted border (Agriopis marginaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1776. It...
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    Eudocima materna, the dot-underwing moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae found in widespread parts of the world, mainly in tropical Asia extending to...
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  • Thumbnail for Artace cribrarius
    Artace cribrarius, the dot-lined white, is a moth in the family Lasiocampidae. The species was first described by Sven Ingemar Ljungh in 1825. The MONA...
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    by the caterpillars of some Lepidoptera species including cabbage moths and dot moths. The name was given by Carolus Linnaeus to honor his patron and fellow...
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  • Thumbnail for Agonopterix robiniella
    Agonopterix robiniella, the four-dotted agonopterix moth or locust leaf roller, is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in North America, where...
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  • Antaeotricha humilis, the dotted anteotricha moth, is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1855. It is...
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    (gold-sheen clothes moth) Niditinea fuscella (Linnaeus, 1758) (brown-dotted clothes moth) Psychoides filicivora (Meyrick, 1937) Psychoides verhuella Bruand...
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    The luna moth (Actias luna), also called the American moon moth, is a Nearctic moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae, a group commonly...
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    scattering of small white and bluish dots alongside it. The spiracles on the sides of the body are black. Older oleander hawk-moth larvae measure around 7.5 to...
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    small blue and white-letter hairstreak. Moths include the anomalous, broom moth, dot moth, garden dart, mouse moth and white ermine. Other invertebrates...
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  • Dotted line, Dotted Line or The Dotted Line may refer to: Dottedline snake eel Dotted-line blenny Dotted border (Agriopis marginaria), a moth in the family...
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  • Thumbnail for Psilocorsis reflexella
    Psilocorsis reflexella (dotted leaftier moth) is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in North America, including Georgia, Illinois...
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  • Thumbnail for Idaea tacturata
    Idaea tacturata, the dot-lined wave moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in...
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  • Nites betulella, the black-dotted birch leaftier moth, is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1902. It is found in...
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