A rare moth species has returned to parts of Massachusetts, following a decade-long effort to restore its natural habitat, according to the statement by the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife.

Barnstable County said in an advisory that the box tree moth​ is damaging shrubs in several Massachusetts towns.

Spongy moth caterpillar droppings photographed in Salisbury. (Connecticut Fish and Wildlife) “The caterpillars will continue eating the leaves for a few more weeks until they enter the next ...

(WFSB) - The moths formerly known as the gypsy moths have state scientists and environmental officials concerned about one part of the state.

A Lymantria dispar moth, commonly as the “gypsy moth,” lays her eggs on the trunk of a tree in the Salmon River State Forest in Hebron, Conn., on July 28, 2008. (Bob Child/AP) ...

In other parts of the world, moth caterpillars are food. A 2004 survey by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization found that 90 percent of people in some African countries eat moth ...

The three newly identified moths are part of the Urodeta genus, a group of moths that has not been very well-studied. What is known is that they are leaf miners — a type of moth whose larvae ...

Native to Europe, winter moths have damaged a growing number of trees throughout New England in recent years. They emerge from Thanksgiving to Christmas when females lay eggs. Caterpillars hatch ...