Double-striped pug
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
The double-striped pug is a tiny reddish brown moth. Two dark stripes cross each front wing, and that is how it got its name. It flies at night and visits flowers.
Lives in
Europe, North Africa and Asia, in gardens and meadows
Wingspan
1.5 to 1.9 cm (0.59 to 0.75 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillar eats the flowers of many different plants, and sometimes even other caterpillars.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 39 seconds
How big is Double-striped pug compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Double-striped pug about 9.6 km/h (6 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its caterpillars come in many colours: whitish, green, brown, red or even purple.
2
On the caterpillar's back there is a pattern that looks like a little trident.
3
It can have two or three families of babies in one year.
4
It spends the winter as a pupa.
you asked
Most asked questions about Double-striped pug
?Is the double-striped pug dangerous?
No. It is a tiny, harmless moth.
?How big is the double-striped pug?
Its wings are only about 1.5 to 1.9 centimetres across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Double-striped pug (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 Ilia Ustyantsev from Russia. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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