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Gypsy moth
* appear to dislike ashes, sycamores, butternuts, black walnuts, dogwoods and balsams.
* are a major problem to homeowners and to Virginia's forests
  - an introduced species to the United States
  - films
  - less picky, feeding off pines, oak, maple, or other woods
  - notorious hitchhikers
  - on the increase in many parts of the country
  - pests
  - small and insignificant looking, but they are powerful insects
  - the most important defoliators of hardwood trees and shrubs in the United States
  - very destructive pests, especially to hardwood forests in the eastern United States
  - voracious defoliators of a wide variety of broadleaf trees and shrubs
* can also feed on apple , alder, birch , poplar and willow trees
  - have detrimental effects on the ecology of forests
* can be an annoying pest in urban forests, especially during the caterpillar stage
  - incredibly mobile, even as caterpillars
  - defoliate large areas of forest, preferring oak and aspen stands
  - fly, even though they spend most of their lives in the same tree
* destroy millions of trees annually in other areas of the country.
* eat leaves from trees.
* favor oaks, which are relatively scarce here.
* have several diseases, caused by bacteria, fungi, or a virus.
* move into new areas either naturally or by hitching a ride on equipment or materials.
* occur in North America, Europe, and Asia.
* poses a significant threat to gambel oak and aspen.
* produce only one generation each year.
* spends four to six weeks in the larval stage
  - the winter in the egg stage

Hawk moth
* Most hawk moths visit flowers.
* Some hawk moths have tongues several inches long.

Hummingbird moth
* Some hummingbird moths become pests
  - feed on nectar
* are members of the sphinx moth family.
* become problems.
* belong to the animalia kingdom and are arthropoda.
* have no known bite, sting or other undesirable effects to humans.

Indianmeal moth
* are among the worst pests in stored products, primarily attacking corn and peanuts
  - colored tan to gray, with a reddish brown band on their wings
  - sexually mature and capable of mating immediately after they emerge from pupae
  - the most common moths infesting food in the home
* eat cereal grains, grain products and several other food products.
* invade any grain product and are brought in with grain products.

### animal | arthropod | insect | moth:

Male moth
* Most male moths have antennas
  - feathery antennas
  - shape antennas
* Some male moths secrete pheromone.
* are able to regulate the sex of their offspring
  - black in coloration but their wings are clear
  - inactive during the passage of a low pressure storm front
  - mostly brown and do fly
  - much darker than females, and the summer brood is darker than the spring brood
  - slightly smaller than females and lack the orange band on the abdomen
* are smaller, and have a flap of skin at the rear
  - brown, and fly in a characteristic zigzag pattern
  - strong fliers, smaller, and dark brown with feather-like antennae
  - typically lighter in color than females
* die outside the bag after copulation.
* emerge first and fly in a zigzag pattern during daylight hours.
* fly about in a manner similar to wasps
  - readily in response to sex pheromone released by the females
  - conspicuous, feather-like antennae
* have feathery antennae and are strongly attracted to the unmated females
  - larger antennae than females
  - more have more feathery feelers than female moths
  - yellow scent brushes along the abdomen and large black brushes at the rear
* use their fluffy antennae to catch the scent of females on the night air.

Noctuid moth
* Some noctuid moths use the moon light for their migration.
* migrate using the moon as a primary reference point.

Pepper moth
* Some pepper moths attack aquatic plants
  - certain plants
  - have appearances
* show features.