Luna moth color is blue-green in the north and for the over-wintering generation in the central and southern states; second and third generation wing color has more of a yellow-green tint. Described and named "Phalena plumata caudata" by James Petiver in 1700, this was the first North American saturniid to be reported in the insect literature. The initial Latin name, which roughly translates to "brilliant, feather tail", was replaced when Carl Linnaeus described the species in 1758 in the tenth edition of Systema Naturae, and renamed it "Phalaena luna", later "Actias luna", with "luna" derived from Luna, the Roman moon goddess. The
Way of the Celestial Masters Master, a succession dispute arose between different branches of the family in Taiwan and mainland China. In fact, the Way of the Celestial Masters have flourished during the reign of Communism. They regularly ordain priests at the Zhengyi Monastery at the Celestial Master’s Mansion in Mainland China. The Way of the Celestial Masters have tribes worldwide, including the United States. Their western United States branch is headed by Grandmaster Jerry Alan Johnson and is known as the Temple of the Celestial Cloud. Each of the three different eras of the Celestial Masters had distinct beliefs. However, because the Southern and