# Moon moth

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**Moon moth** is a general term describing imagos (winged adults) of several Saturniinae species, having as a distinctive trait large round or near-round spots on the forewings and hindwings - hence "moon".

- Moths of the subfamily [Saturniinae](/source/Saturniinae) - *[Actias](/source/Actias)*, a genus native to Asia and America, includes North America Luna moth (*[Actias luna](/source/Actias_luna)*) - *[Argema](/source/Argema)*, a genus native to Africa, includes [Comet moth](/source/Comet_moth) (*Argema mittrei*) - *[Copiopteryx](/source/Copiopteryx)*, a genus native to Mexico, Central America and South America - [*Eudaemonia* (moth)](/source/Eudaemonia_(moth)), a genus native to Sub-Saharan Africa - *[Graellsia isabellae](/source/Graellsia_isabellae)* (Spanish moon moth), a species native to Europe

- "[The Moon Moth](/source/The_Moon_Moth)" is a science fiction short story by Jack Vance

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