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There are over 180,000 species of moth so the common name is moths, they are in the kingdom Animalia, phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta, Order Lepidoptera
The insect order Lepidoptera is the scientific name for moths and butterflies. More specifically, if you were referring to them in a scentence, you might say they were 'lepidopterans'.