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    Differences Between Butterflies and Moths: Monophyletic

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    While butterflies form a distinct group, moths do not. There are several attempts to group moths into natural categories, but they fail because one of the groups is not distinct. The best way to distinguish moths from butterflies is that butterflies have thin antennae with small balls or clubs at the end, while moth antennae are usually feather-like without balls. The word "moth" comes from Old English and is possibly related to words meaning maggot or midge, originally referring to the larva that consumes clothes.

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    While butterflies form a distinct group, moths do not. There are several attempts to group moths into natural categories, but they fail because one of the groups is not distinct. The best way to distinguish moths from butterflies is that butterflies have thin antennae with small balls or clubs at the end, while moth antennae are usually feather-like without balls. The word "moth" comes from Old English and is possibly related to words meaning maggot or midge, originally referring to the larva that consumes clothes.

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    While butterflies form a distinct group, moths do not. There are several attempts to group moths into natural categories, but they fail because one of the groups is not distinct. The best way to distinguish moths from butterflies is that butterflies have thin antennae with small balls or clubs at the end, while moth antennae are usually feather-like without balls. The word "moth" comes from Old English and is possibly related to words meaning maggot or midge, originally referring to the larva that consumes clothes.

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    While butterflies form a distinct group, moths do not. There are several attempts to group moths into natural categories, but they fail because one of the groups is not distinct. The best way to distinguish moths from butterflies is that butterflies have thin antennae with small balls or clubs at the end, while moth antennae are usually feather-like without balls. The word "moth" comes from Old English and is possibly related to words meaning maggot or midge, originally referring to the larva that consumes clothes.

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    Differences between butterflies and moths[edit]

    Main article: Comparison of butterflies and moths


    While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera,
    do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural
    groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not
    monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Fr
    enatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.[2]
    Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well established, one very good
    guiding principle is that butterflies have thin antennae and (with the exception of the
    family Hedylidae) have small balls or clubs at the end of their antennae. Moth antennae are usually
    feathery with no ball on the end. The divisions are named by this principle: "club-antennae"
    (Rhopalocera) or "varied-antennae" (Heterocera).

    Etymology[edit]
    The modern English word "moth" comes from Old English "moððe" (cf. Northumbrian "mohðe")
    from Common Germanic (compare Old Norse "motti", Dutch "mot", and German "Motte" all meaning
    "moth"). Its origins are possibly related to the Old English "maða" meaning "maggot" or from the root
    of "midge" which until the 16th century was used mostly to indicate the larva, usually in reference to
    devouring clothes.

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