Editing Lepidoptera (section)

=== Food ===

[[File:silkworm snack.jpg|thumb|right|[[Beondegi]], [[silkworm]] pupae steamed or boiled and seasoned for taste, for sale by a street vendor in South Korea]]

Lepidoptera feature prominently in [[entomophagy]] as food items on almost every continent. While in most cases, adults, larvae or pupae are eaten as staples by indigenous people, [[beondegi]] or [[silkworm]] [[pupa]]e are eaten as a snack in [[Korean cuisine]]<ref name="Korea">Robinson, Martin; Bartlett, Ray and Whyte, Rob (2007) ''Korea''. Lonely Planet publications, {{ISBN|978-1-74104-558-1}}. (pg 63)</ref> while [[Maguey worm]] is considered a delicacy in [[Mexico]].<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Ana María |last1=Acuña |first2=Laura |last2=Caso |first3=Mario M. |last3=Aliphat |first4=Carlos H. |last4=Vergara |year=2011 |title=Edible insects as part of the traditional food system of the Popoloca town of Los Reyes Metzontla, Mexico |journal=[[Journal of Ethnobiology]] |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=150–169 |doi=10.2993/0278-0771-31.1.150 |s2cid=53963758 }}</ref> In some parts of [[Huasteca]], the silk nests of the [[Madrone butterfly]] are maintained on the edge of roof tops of houses for consumption.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ramos-Elorduy|first1=Julieta|last2=Moreno|first2=José MP|last3=Vázquez|first3=Adolfo I.|last4=Landero|first4=Ivonne|last5=Oliva-Rivera|first5=Héctor|last6=Camacho|first6=Víctor HM|date=6 January 2011|title=Edible Lepidoptera in Mexico: Geographic distribution, ethnicity, economic and nutritional importance for rural people|journal=Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine|volume=7|page=2|doi=10.1186/1746-4269-7-2|pmid=21211040|pmc=3034662|issn=1746-4269 |doi-access=free }}</ref> In the [[Carnia]] region of Italy, children catch and eat [[Crop (anatomy)|ingluvies]] of the toxic ''[[Zygaena]]'' moths in early summer. The ingluvies, despite having a very low cyanogenic content, serve as a convenient, supplementary source of sugar to the children who can include this resource as a seasonal delicacy at minimum risk. Outside of this instance, adult Lepidoptera are rarely consumed by humans, with the sole exception of the [[Bogong moth]].<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Mika |last1=Zagrobelny |first2=Angelo Leandro |last2=Dreon |first3=Tiziano |last3=Gomiero |first4=Gian Luigi |last4=Marcazzan |first5=Mikkel Andreas |last5=Glaring |first6=Birger Lindberg |last6=Møller |first7=Maurizio G. |last7=Paoletti |year=2009 |title=Toxic moths: source of a truly safe delicacy |journal=[[Journal of Ethnobiology]] |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=64–76 |doi=10.2993/0278-0771-29.1.64 |s2cid=73665731 }}</ref>