Yellow slant-line
The yellow slant-line is a moth from North America. It belongs to the family of moths whose caterpillars are called inchworms. Its caterpillars munch the leaves of alder, chestnut and willow trees.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
Each of its front wings is about 17 to 25 millimetres long.
The moths fly from May to August, depending on where they live.
In New York and further south there are two families of these moths each year.
Its caterpillars move by pulling their back end up to their front end, making a little loop as they go.
Most asked questions about Yellow slant-line
?What does the yellow slant-line eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of alder, chestnut and willow trees.
?When can you see the yellow slant-line?
The moths fly from May to August, depending on where you are.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Tetracis crocallata
- Named by
- Guenée, 1858
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Tetracis crocallata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Aarongunnar. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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