Moths in Art POD Gap: National Moth Week's 2026 Design Campaign and Pinterest's Bug-Jewelry Surge Skip Printful, Printify, and eRank's Trend Guides

Findings

• Pinterest's official 2026 "Wilderkind" trend page names bug jewelry as the most unexpected accessory sub-trend, with "bug jewelry" searches up 60% and "dragonfly nails" up 145%, framed explicitly around dragonflies, butterflies, beetles, and moths.
• National Moth Week, a global citizen-science event now spanning all 50 U.S. states and dozens of countries, made "Moths in Art" its official 2026 theme (July 18-26, 2026) with a dedicated #MothWeek26Art social art campaign encouraging moth-inspired artwork.
• Etsy's own algorithmic 2026 gift-market pages ("Bug Gift," "Insect Jewelry," "Beetle Theme Gifts") already curate real printed POD apparel -- vintage entomology shirts, retro insect-identification tees, and scientific-illustration tees -- showing organic seller supply ahead of any named trend.
• Neither Printful's "15 T-Shirt Design Trends for 2026" guide (whose "Animal motifs" category is built around lions, tigers, wolves, and birds) nor eRank's or Printify's 2026 Etsy trend guides mention insects, bugs, or moths anywhere as a distinct design category.