Citrus looper
The citrus looper is a pale moth covered in dark grey speckles, with a moon-shaped spot on each wing. Its caterpillars look just like little twigs. They walk by looping their body up and then stretching it out again.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillar can grow up to 55 millimetres long.
The caterpillar is green, yellowish or brown and has a little swelling near its front.
The moths fly at night and like to come to lamps.
It spends the winter as a pupa in the soil.
Most asked questions about Citrus looper
?Why is it called a looper?
Its caterpillar moves by bending its body into a loop and stretching out again.
?What does the citrus looper eat?
Its caterpillars eat many plants, from wild herbs to bushes and trees.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ascotis selenaria
- Named by
- Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
- Also known as
- Giant looper
Where the facts come from
- Ascotis selenaria (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 unknown author. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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