Your dad is wrong about using the mothballs, but you knew that! Yikes!!!!!

I'm afraid that there might not be anything you can do for this situation, at least not how I am interpreting it. The moths are a nuisance to you, but not causing problems, right?

They are probably attracted to the lights coming from inside your home, as well as the parking lot light. Moths live for a very short time and often see their last moments fluttering madly against a window pane or light fixture. ;-(

I get occasional moths in my home, too, as we grill outside most evenings.

The moths aren't hurting your plants, so I say just forget about them!

They're migrating elsewhere, and will go away on their own fairly soon.

Using moth balls in any manner mnot specifically listed on the label is a violation of federal law and the active ingrediant in moth balls, naphthalene, is a class 1 carcinogen and not something you want to expose your self to.
The adult moths are not a problem except the do lay eggs that become the larva the can be a problem, ie. one or two of the hundred, or so, Sphinx moths lays eggs on plants that become the Tomato Hornworm, and others do the same, but the plants they will lay eggs on are pretty selective.
I'd not be concerned about the adult moths although the larva could present some concern if any plant damage became excessive. But to put out something that would harm insects that are not doing any harm is not very environmentally sensitive.

Thanks for the advice =). I had seen some evidence of something munching (or so it appeared) on my pepper plant leaves, but that seems to have stopped now and I'm in the process of re-planting some (I didn't know you shouldn't have 4 pepper plants in one container until dad pointed that out...I'm a beginner... =).).

As soon as dad said something about using moth balls, I thought "eh?" and kind of went along with him, but once he was gone started researching because I thought that moth balls were anything but safe for food!

I will just sit tight and keep an eye on things, keep shooing them out, and hope they go away on their own. No sense harming what isn't harming me!

Miller moths are most damaging in the caterpillar stage, when they go by the name of army cut worms. They can, if in large enough numbers, do a number on wheat fields and lawns. They adults migrate to the high meadows in the Rockies, where they hide under rocks and are fed on by bears. Those that survive all this return in the fall and lay eggs.

A few years ago, fall conditions were just what miller moths like, and there was a huge infestation around here. Winter wheat was hammered pretty badly. We would go out at night and see the worms on the wet grass by the thousands. It was pretty impressive when they started to fly to the mountains, absolute clouds of the things.

Here is a link that might be useful: miller moths

Thanks for the advice. I did nothing and haven't seen as many of late, so I'm guessing they're migrating away now. I've seen no further suspicious damage to my pepper plant leaves either, so I'm hopeful.

I also transplanted my peppers and now that each has their own pot, they seem to be perking up. I'm hoping for a good bounty, but one pepper would make me smile right now =).