A moth is an insect related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Most of this order are moths; there are thought to be about 160,000 species of moth (nearly ten times the number of species of butterfly), with thousands of species yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are crepuscular and diurnal species.
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“... until the shopkeeper plants his boot in our eyes,
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and turns to the next customer, forgetting our face
or how we knelt at the yellow bulb with sighs
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—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
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—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 25:20.
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Ladybird, nor butterfly,
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—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)