Noun: luna moth
- Large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing
"The luna moth rested on the window pane, its ethereal green wings glowing in the moonlight";
- Actias luna
- (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene
Type of: Roman deity, saturniid, saturniid moth
Part of: Actias, genus Actias
Encyclopedia: Luna moth
Luna, New Mexico