Dingy cutworm moth
The dingy cutworm moth is a dark grey night moth with white, grey and tan streaks. Near the edge of each front wing, white lines make a clear W shape. Its caterpillar is called a cutworm.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillars are light grey on top with four black dots on each segment.
The caterpillars spend the winter resting and come out again in spring.
The moths fly from July to November and often come to lights.
Females lay their eggs in flower heads, especially of asters and other daisy-like flowers.
Most asked questions about Dingy cutworm moth
?What does the dingy cutworm eat?
More than 40 kinds of plants, including clover, corn, wheat and garden vegetables.
?How big is the dingy cutworm moth?
Its wingspan is about 30 to 40 millimetres.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Feltia jaculifera
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Dingy cutworm
Where the facts come from
- Feltia jaculifera (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 Cody Hough. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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