Celery leaftier moth
Udea rubigalis
The celery leaftier is a small moth found across North and South America. Its caterpillar is not a fussy eater at all. It munches on many different kinds of plants, including celery and plants in greenhouses.
Lives in
Across North and South America
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillar eats a wide variety of plants from many different plant families.
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)
Celery leaftier moth 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 also called the greenhouse leaftier, because it can live on plants in greenhouses.
2
Its caterpillar feeds on plants from many different plant families.
3
It was first described by the French scientist Achille Guenée in 1854.
you asked
Most asked questions about Celery leaftier moth
?What does the celery leaftier eat?
Its caterpillar eats many kinds of plants, including celery.
?Where does the celery leaftier live?
Across North and South America.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Udea rubigalis
- Named by
- Guenée, 1854
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
- Also known as
- Celery leaftier, Greenhouse leaftier
Where the facts come from
- Udea rubigalis (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 Beatriz Moisset. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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