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
Luis Alberto Luna Tobar and served until his retirement on February 15, 2000. He died on February 7, 2017. Luis Alberto Luna Tobar Luis Alberto Luna Tobar, (December 15, 1923 – February 7, 2017) was an Ecuadorian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Luna Tobar was born in Quito, Ecuador, and was ordained a priest on June 23, 1946, from the Roman Catholic religious order of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. Luna Tobar was appointed auxiliary archbishop of Archdiocese of Quito as well as titular bishop of Mulli on August 17, 1977, and was ordained bishop on September 18, 1977, by Cardinal Pablo Muñoz