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 ===Origin===
-Larvesta is based on a {{wp|Moth}} and {{wp|Tower of the Sun}}. Larvesta appears to be based on an {{wp|Atlas moth}} larva. The way its red growths are shaped and positioned on its circular body may be a reference to the sun.
+Larvesta is based on a {{wp|moth}} and the famed Japanese monument, the {{wp|Tower of the Sun}}. Larvesta appears to be based on an {{wp|Attacus atlas|Atlas moth}} larva. The way its red growths are shaped and positioned on its circular body may be a reference to the sun.
 ====Name origin====
-Larvesta's name is derived from "larva", a term for an infant insect, and "Vesta", an Ancient Roman fire goddess.
+Larvesta's name is derived from "larva", a term for an infant insect, and {{wp|Vesta (mythology)|Vesta}}, Roman goddess of the hearth and home, symbolised and represented by an eternally-burning fire located in her {{wp|Temple of Vesta|temple}}.
 Meraruba may derive from ''"meramera"'' (flare), and ''"larva"''.