Read about related Lepidoptera by using the "Forward" and "Backward" device icons. The moth members of this Order of insects include a large number of diverse families. Moth groups include micro moths, leaf miners, clothes moths, plume moths, ermine moths, burnets, geometrids, silk moths, sphinx moths, tiger moths, wasp moths, noctuids, underwings and many others.

Unknown Moth Genus species Lepidoptera   Several groups of moths including Geometrids exhibit looping locomotion. Children witness this and associate their movements with the act of measuring the leaf. Common names for these moth caterpillars include loppers and inchworms. These caterpillars lack the continual line of prolegs from head to rear that other caterpillars posses. Lacking legs in the center of their bodies they arch their backs with impressive flexibility in order to reposition their hind claspers for their next loop View the Index of Orders View Complete Photo List Ants, Bees & Wasps Butterflies & Moths Flies Beetles Lacewings & Antlions Leafhoppers & Cicadas True Bugs Cockroaches Praying Mantids Grasshoppers, Crickets Walking Sticks Dragonflies & Damselflies Mayflies Non-Insects