Editing Moth (section)

==History==
Moths evolved long before butterflies; moth [[fossil]]s have been found that may be 190&nbsp;million years old. Both types of Lepidoptera are thought to have co-evolved with [[flowering plant]]s, mainly because most modern species, both as adults and larvae, feed on flowering plants. One of the earliest known species that is thought to be an ancestor of moths is [[Archaeolepis|''Archaeolepis mane'']]. Its fossil fragments show scaled wings that are similar to [[caddisflies]] in their veining.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hoyt |first=Cathryn |work=Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center |url=http://cdri.org/publications/nature-notes/evolution-ecology/evolution-of-moths-and-butterflies/ |title=Evolution of Moths and Butterflies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106184057/http://cdri.org/publications/nature-notes/evolution-ecology/evolution-of-moths-and-butterflies/ |archive-date=6 January 2014 |url-status=dead |quote=Studying the evolution of butterflies and moths is challenging, since fossils are so rare. But the few Lepidopteran fossils that exist, captured in amber or compressed in fine-grained rocks, show an astonishing amount of detail. The earliest Lepidopteran fossils appear in rocks that are about 190 million years old. These tiny fragments of scaled wings and bodies clearly indicate that moths evolved before butterflies.}}</ref>