I doubt moths will be gone after we’ve “destroyed” the planet. They survived before us and will survive after us.
We are destroying the habitat for many large animals though.
We are destroying the habitat for many large animals though.
Many are specialists. In fact, moths are just butterflies, and what we call butterflies are specialists in being able to navigate by daylight.
Some moths need very special plants for their time as catterpillar, others need very special flowers to drink from. Again others need a goldilock humidity or temperature or both.
I'm just an amateur though. But as beekeeper, I do have a lot of interest for other pollinating and nectar eating insects.
> moths are just butterflies
It's more accurate to say that butterflies are a kind of day-flying moth, those belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea of the order Lepidoptera.