Treble lines
Charanyca trigrammica
The treble lines is a pale, creamy brown moth. Three brown lines run across each front wing, and that is where its name comes from. It loves lights and sweet things.
Lives in
Almost all of Europe, Asia Minor and the Caucasus
Wingspan
3.5 to 4 cm (1.4 to 1.6 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat low plants, such as plantain.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 7 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 27 seconds
How big is Treble lines compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Treble lines about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is attracted to lights and to sugar.
2
There is one family of moths a year, flying from April to July.
3
The caterpillar is stocky and grey to reddish, with little warts and short hairs.
4
Its egg is round, flat at the bottom and has strong ribs, like a tiny pumpkin.
you asked
Most asked questions about Treble lines
?Why is it called treble lines?
Because three brown lines cross each of its front wings.
?What does the treble lines eat?
Its caterpillars eat low plants like plantain.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Charanyca trigrammica
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Charanyca trigrammica (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 Fvlamoen. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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