Bilobed looper moth
The bilobed looper moth is a moth of warm parts of the Americas. Its caterpillar is a looper, which means it walks by making a loop with its body. It is also called Stephens' gem.
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Fun facts
Farmers sometimes see it as a pest because its caterpillars eat lettuce.
It lives over a huge area, from the United States all the way down to Argentina.
A looper caterpillar has no legs in the middle, so it pulls its back end up to its front end and makes a hump.
Most asked questions about Bilobed looper moth
?What does the bilobed looper eat?
Its caterpillar eats plants and is sometimes a pest on lettuce.
?Where does the bilobed looper live?
From the southern United States through Central America to South America.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Megalographa biloba
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
- Also known as
- Stephens' gem, Bilobed looper
Where the facts come from
- Megalographa biloba (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 Noël Lee. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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