Luna (goddess) as Juno Covella, Juno of the crescent moon. Both Juno and Diana were invoked as childbirth goddesses with the epithet "Lucina". Luna is often depicted driving a two-yoke chariot called a "biga", drawn by horses or oxen. In Roman art, the charioteer Luna is regularly paired with the Sun driving a four-horse chariot ("quadriga"). Isidore of Seville explains that the "quadriga" represents the sun's course through the four seasons, while the "biga" represents the moon, "because it travels on a twin course with the sun, or because it is visible both by day and by night—for they yoke together one
Luna moth common name became "Luna moth". Several other North American giant silk moths were also given species names after Roman or Greek mythology. The Luna moth is found in North America, from east of the Great Plains in the United States – Florida to Maine, and from Saskatchewan eastward through central Quebec to Nova Scotia in Canada. Based on the climate in which they live, Luna moths produce different numbers of generations per year. In Canada and northern regions of the United States they are univoltine, meaning one generation per year. Life stages are approximately two weeks as eggs, 6–7 weeks