Arcigera flower moth
Schinia arcigera
The arcigera flower moth is a small moth from North America. Its caterpillars grow up on wild asters, the late summer flowers that look like little daisies. It flies at the end of summer and in autumn.
Lives in
North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida and west to Arizona and Idaho
Wingspan
2.2 to 2.5 cm (0.87 to 0.98 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat wild asters.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 4 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 34 seconds
How big is Arcigera flower moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Arcigera flower moth about 11 km/h (6.8 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
In the north-east it flies from July to September.
2
In southern New Jersey it flies from August to October.
3
Scientists know two subspecies of it.
you asked
Most asked questions about Arcigera flower moth
?What does the arcigera flower moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat wild asters.
?How big is the arcigera flower moth?
Its wings measure 22 to 25 millimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Schinia arcigera
- Named by
- Guenée, 1852
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Schinia arcigera (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 xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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