We are digitising more than half a million British and Irish butterflies and moths, as a pilot for the digitisation of ... The data allows us to determine the geographical coverage of Lepidoptera ...

The scientific name for butterflies and moths is Lepidoptera. Museum curator David Lees specialises in the smallest species, microlepidoptera, and guides us through the intricate world of mini moths.

The charity Butterfly Conservation (BC) has been carrying out surveys of the British moth population ... only about seven of the UK's 2,500 species of moths are known to damage fabrics.

Photographs allegedly showing a species of moth named "Neopalpa donaldtrumpi" were published on a webpage in late September 2024. The purported moths had tufts of blond hair and displayed pink ...