Confused eusarca moth
Eusarca confusaria
The confused eusarca is a yellow to tan moth with grey smudges on its wings. Some are very dark and some are light. It looks so much like several other moths that it is easy to get confused, which fits its name.
Lives in
Eastern North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida and Texas, and Brazil, in meadows and fields
Wingspan
2.9 to 4.1 cm (1.1 to 1.6 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat asters, clover, dandelions and goldenrod.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 7 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 27 seconds
How big is Confused eusarca moth compared to YOU?
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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)
Confused eusarca 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 flies once a year, from April to October.
2
It is easily mixed up with at least five other moths.
3
It is the only one of its kind that lives in the northern United States and Canada.
you asked
Most asked questions about Confused eusarca moth
?Why is it called the confused eusarca?
It looks so much like other moths that people often mix them up.
?What do confused eusarca caterpillars eat?
Asters, clover, dandelions and goldenrod.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Eusarca confusaria
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
- Also known as
- Confused eusarca
Where the facts come from
- Eusarca confusaria (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 IvanTortuga. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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