Here are 15 especially magnificent moth species from across the globe. The luna moth (Actias luna) is a saturniid (a member of the Saturniidae family) found in North America. Scientists believe ...

Most moths are harmless, and some can actually be very beautiful – like the Choristostigma ... The big, pale green swallow-tailed luna moth is an example of all of these things, as is the ...

This story appears in the June 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Light green, long winged, and roughly the size of a playing card, the luna moth is a striking creature. It’s a clever ...

North America’s Promethea moth ( Callosamia promethea) has a link to Greek mythology, too: Prometheus was the Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans. Eighteenth-century British ...