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Common yellow conch

Agapeta hamana
Eats: PlantsMothsGardens and meadows6 legs

The common yellow conch is a small moth with pale yellow front wings and rusty brown marks. Its back wings are dark grey. It starts flying when evening comes.

Lives in
Europe and Asia, from Spain to Mongolia, western China and northern India
Wingspan
1.5 to 2.5 cm (0.59 to 0.98 in)
Top speed
about 11 km/h (6.8 mph)
Flying, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat thistles.
For real!Photo of Common yellow conch
Picture by Adrian Tync. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How big is it?

How wide are its wings?

Common yellow conch wings about 2.5 cm tip to tip (0.98 in)A grain of rice about 6 mm (0.24 in)A toy building brick about 3.2 cm (1.3 in)A crayon about 9 cm (3.5 in)
wings as wide as 4 grains of rice in a rowcould fly across a whole football pitch in 34 seconds

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Fun facts

1

It flies from June to August, starting at dusk.

2

Its caterpillars grow up on thistles.

3

It lives in a huge area, from Spain in the west to Mongolia and India in the east.

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Most asked questions about Common yellow conch

?What does the common yellow conch eat?

Its caterpillars eat thistles.

?How big is the common yellow conch?

Its wings measure about 15 to 25 millimetres from tip to tip.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Agapeta hamana
Group
Moths
Family
Tortricidae
Classification
Insecta > Lepidoptera > Tortricidae
Lives on
Europe, Asia

Where the facts come from

  1. Agapeta hamana (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by Adrian Tync. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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