What is the official difference between moths and butterflies?

Subject: What is the official difference between moths and butterflies?

Date: Thu Jun 22 01:01:17 2000
Posted by Gordon Morrison
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: No school entered.
City: Basingstoke State/Province: Hampshire Country: UK
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 961650077.Zo

Message:


Is it that moths have dust on their wings? Or that butterflies fold their 
wings straight up when at rest? Or something else?
Thanks

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