Eggplant leafroller moth
Lineodes integra
The eggplant leafroller is a small moth from the Americas. Its wings measure only about 18 millimetres across. Its caterpillars eat eggplants, tomatoes, peppers and their relatives.
Lives in
From the southern United States south to Chile, and on Cuba
Wingspan
1.8 cm (0.71 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat plants of the nightshade family, like eggplant, tomato, peppers and ground cherries.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 40 seconds
How big is Eggplant leafroller moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Eggplant leafroller moth about 9.4 km/h (5.8 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 other name is the nightshade leaftier.
2
It lives from Florida and California all the way down to Chile.
3
It has also turned up as far north as Michigan and Ontario.
you asked
Most asked questions about Eggplant leafroller moth
?What does the eggplant leafroller eat?
Its caterpillars eat eggplant, tomato, peppers and other nightshade plants.
?How big is the eggplant leafroller moth?
Its wings measure about 18 millimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Lineodes integra
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
- Also known as
- Nightshade leaftier
Where the facts come from
- Lineodes integra (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 Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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