Feathered gothic
Tholera decimalis
The feathered gothic is a dark olive-brown moth with a purple shine. All the veins on its front wings are white, like a fine net drawn on the wings. It flies at the end of summer in grassy places.
Lives in
Europe, across Asia to Siberia, and North Africa, in meadows, pastures and gardens
Wingspan
3.8 to 4.8 cm (1.5 to 1.9 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the roots of grasses. They eat through the winter and finish growing in summer.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🧱wings as wide as 1.5 toy building bricks⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 25 seconds
How big is Feathered gothic 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)
Feathered gothic about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its wings are about 4 to 5 centimetres from tip to tip.
2
It flies in August and September.
3
Its young caterpillars are greenish, then turn shiny bronze-brown as they grow.
4
The male has whitish back wings, but the female's back wings are dark brown.
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Most asked questions about Feathered gothic
?What does the feathered gothic eat?
Its caterpillars eat the roots of grasses.
?When can you see the feathered gothic?
It flies in late summer, in August and September.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Tholera decimalis
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, Africa
Where the facts come from
- Tholera decimalis (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 unknown author. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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