This year, the moths' feeding frenzy began June 25 in northern Michigan, Up North Live reported. The moths feed on more than 300 species of trees, but red and white oaks are their favorites.

An invasive insect responsible for stripping the leaves from trees across Pennsylvania, damaging millions of acres of woodland, has a new name. Formerly known as the gypsy moth, species Lymantria ...

ANNAPOLIS, MD (WJW) – The gypsy moth has a new name. The Entomological Society of America voted to formally adopt “spongy moth” as the new common name for the moth species Lymantria dispar ...

Gypsy moth caterpillars have been known to eat 500 different species of plants and trees, but they have some favorites like oak, birch and aspen. Oaks can be especially hit hard, and often perish ...

The Entomological Society of America (ESA) has renamed the common 'gypsy moth' species Lymantria dispar. The 'spongy moth' now replaces the approved common name of the ESA's insects and related ...

Gypsy moth becomes the spongy moth Invasive and extremely destructive species gets a new name By Monika Spykerman, Columbian staff writer Published: March 22, 2022, 6:02am Share: ...

The ‘Gypsy Moth’ is no more. The Entomological Society of America announced this week that the spongy moth as the new common name for the invasive species formerly known as the gypsy moth.

Parts of the U.S. are experiencing a significant spongy moth invasion this year. Here's how to tell if you have them in your yard and how to deal with them.

These moths are an invasive species that cause defoliation, or the removal of leaves from trees. These leaf-eaters caused widespread defoliation across Michigan in the 1980s and '90s.

An invasive moth species, whose population has been exploding in Michigan over the last couple of years, has a new name because its original name included a derogatory term. The “Gypsy Moth ...