Bent-lined carpet
Costaconvexa centrostrigaria
The bent-lined carpet is a small moth from North America. It is also called the traveller, because it has travelled far and now lives in Britain and on islands in the Atlantic Ocean too. In warm places you can see it all year round.
Lives in
Most of North America, and also Britain, the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira
Wingspan
1.7 to 2.3 cm (0.67 to 0.91 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat knotweed plants.
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 Bent-lined carpet compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Bent-lined carpet 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
Its wings are only about 2 centimetres from tip to tip.
2
In Texas and the American west it flies all year round.
3
There are two or more families of them every year.
you asked
Most asked questions about Bent-lined carpet
?Why is it called the traveller?
Because it has spread from North America to Britain and islands in the Atlantic.
?What does the bent-lined carpet eat?
Its caterpillars eat knotweed plants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Costaconvexa centrostrigaria
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- North America, Europe, Africa
- Also known as
- The traveller, Bent-line carpet
Where the facts come from
- Costaconvexa centrostrigaria (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 NCBioTeacher. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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