So I'm on my 3rd read-through and am pondering more-so on Eddard Stark than anything else this time. The brief periods we're allowed inside Ned's psyche are some of the most insightful of all the POV's (before he's so rudely ripped from our intellectual grasp).

[A Game Of Thrones - Chapter 58 - Ned]
During his imprisonment in the Black Cells, Ned is jacked up on Milk of the Poppy and in saying that - this little tidbit could be nothing more than a drug-induced spell of delirium.

The dream that we find Ned deeply lulled into, is one of Robert and him conversing over various matters in the past - but as Robert 'rips' his ethereal mask away, we find out that it's not Robert at all, but Littlefinger. Littlefinger grins and mocks Eddard but as he opens his mouth to speak, his lies turn to "pale grey moths" and take wing.

The moths part stood out to me, I'm wondering why GRRM chose it as a visual aid and I think there may be some kind of foreshadowing here. As indirect as GRRM likes to play it, I still went ahead and did some research on moths and their relevance to any part of the story and all I could come up with are these 2 tidbits that may be related;

House Horpe - Whose coat of arms is 3 deadhead moths on a pale standard. We are introduced to This character in the 'Winds of Winter' preview chapter from the POV of Theon. Although he's only formally introduced in the very last chapter, he has been with us for much longer - Ser Richard Horpe was originally one of Renly's men, who then switched sides to Stannis and actually helped drag Stannis off the battlefield in the Blackwater to save his life. Could this allude to Ser Horpe being in the employ of Petyr Baelish? Littlefinger has his little fingers in a lot of pies, and I wouldn't put it past him. Having a spy so close to Stannis would be immensely useful and something Littlefinger would most certainly want to take advantage of.

The 2nd part, in 'A Dance With Dragons' also. The only other mention of Moths that I can find is in relation to Dany, in one of her meetings with Quaithe; It is clearly stated that (after a meeting with Quaithe) "Animal life in the garden is represented by a few pale moths", here we have an exact replica of text with 'pale moths'. Once again, it could be nothing or it could be alluding to some sort of cryptic connection with Petyr.

I'm hoping some smart cookie out there might be able to point something out. It's probably either nothing at all, or something staring us right in the face and it's too blatantly obvious to see, but if anyone else can make any sort of connection, I'd be glad to hear of it :)