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The 4 most bizarre-looking moths in the world

The 4 most bizarre-looking moths in the world

The Grimace Moth, scientific name: Acherontia lachesis), also known as the Face Moth, is an insect in the genus Grecomoth in the family Achilles.

It is named after the skull-shaped markings on the back of the adult thorax, and is based on the solanaceae, legumes, rhinoceros, asteraceae, and labialidae. It tends to be light at night and rests on trunks similar to the color of its wings during the day

It is widely distributed in Asia, including the Russian Far East, Japan, Pakistan, Nepal, Chinese mainland (Hunan, Jiangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Fujian, Shaanxi), Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, the Philippines, Indonesia and other places of low to medium altitude mountainous areas.

The 4 most bizarre-looking moths in the world

The grebe moth, Brahmaeidae, is a generic term for moths of the lepidoptera family Lammelidae. Also known as the water wax moth. It is named after the stripes of the wings that resemble baskets.

It is known to only about 10 species worldwide and is distributed in Africa, southern Asia and tropical eastern Asia. The moth is similar to a large silkworm , but has a well-developed beak , a large lower lip that extends upwards , and biscenium-like antennae in both males and females. The wings are thick in color, with many basket stripes and ripples. The larvae are mainly parasitic on plants of the family Rhinoceros and are forest pests.

The 4 most bizarre-looking moths in the world

Venezuelan Poodle Moth: This is a new species discovered by a scientist in 2009, it has not yet been classified, because of its furry appearance, resembling a puppy, specially named "Venezuelan Poodle Moth".

The 4 most bizarre-looking moths in the world

Hummingbird hawk moth, scientific name: Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758), is an insect in the genus Long-beaked moth in the family Apatidae. Known as the "four unlikes" in the insect world, butterflies are like butterflies, and butterflies move during the day, and the mouthparts are long beak tubes, with expanded antennae with tips, and colorful, beautiful and dazzling wings. Unique and strong, with grey-brown forewings decorated with black lines, similar to each sex. The larvae are white, the body is fat, and the head is small and black. Winter in dried melon vines.

They resemble bees, flying in the summer and autumn to collect nectar in the flowers and make a clear and audible buzzing sound; they are also like the hummingbirds of South America, which lie out at night and rarely rest, and when feeding, like hummingbirds, sometimes circling among the flowers, sometimes galloping in front of the flowers. It is native to southern Europe and North Africa, and spans Asia to Japan.

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