Talk:Lists of moths

What about

what about Tineola bisselliella, that moth that likes to eat your clothes (name taken from german Wikipedia, de:Kleidermotte)? --Abdull 30 June 2005 21:59 (UTC)

Need to improve this article

This article represents a small but brave step to list the moths of the world, which have an estimated 150,000 species described less the approximately 17,500 butterfly species [1].

It needs major attention and is potentially the seed of Taxonomy of Moths in the making. A very important article for Wikipedia:WikiProject Lepidoptera.

AshLin 03:14, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

does anyone know anything about the moth the lives in the amazon wich drinks from your eyes while yo sleep??

That would be various Calpinae, probably of tribe Calpini. See also Calyptra and Hemiceratoides hieroglyphica, which do much the same and occur elsewhere. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 12:03, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Is the "Legume Pedobear" some kind of a joke? 84.251.156.78 (talk) 16:02, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I propose to delete this gigantically incomplete list. Ruigeroeland (talk) 11:15, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

Bump. There is no reason to have this list. There are so many moth species, the mere idea to include them all in a list is just insane. Ruigeroeland (talk) 11:03, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

Repurposing

There was a strong sentiment in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of moths that this article should be repurposed in some way. I would propose breaking out the existing sections of lists into separate pages to make this a list of lists, and clearly distinguishing the significance of such a list from the existing articles on Taxonomy of the Lepidoptera and Lists of Lepidoptera by region. bd2412 T 04:13, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

• I support that. For the shortest lists, it would work either way, keep them on page or break out. "Other notable moths" is a bit problematic. That doesn't work either as a title of a standalone article or an actual list being as it only has two entries. By the way, why is "Sphingidae" on this list? No reason is given. SpinningSpark 13:33, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

• That makes sense to me. I also like the title "Lists of moths." In the lead, "incomplete list" sounds rather negative. The list will always be "incomplete," why set an unachievable standard for this poor list? Perhaps describe it as a "selected" list (as when listing "Selected works" of an author)? Levivich (talk) 00:35, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

I've changed the lead to This page is a list of lists of some of the 160,000 species of Lepidoptera that are commonly known as moths to better reflect what the page now is. SpinningSpark 08:36, 8 December 2018 (UTC)