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What is the dust on moth wings called?

Asked by numenorea (6points) April 11th, 2008 from iPhone

Dust on moth wings.

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They’re actually scales. I haven’t heard them referred to as anything else.

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Yes they are tiny scales. Butterflies and moths make up the order, Lepidoptera, which comes from: lepido = scale, ptera = wing.

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