Fire-flag plume moth
The fire-flag plume moth is a tiny moth with thin, feathery wings. It is only about one centimetre wide. It lives in warm places all around the world.
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Fun facts
Plume moths have wings split into thin parts that look like little feathers.
Its caterpillars eat flowers instead of leaves.
One of the plants its caterpillars eat is the cacao tree, where chocolate comes from.
It lives in Africa, India, Japan, Australia, America and even on tiny islands of New Zealand.
Most asked questions about Fire-flag plume moth
?What does the fire-flag plume moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat flower buds and flowers of many plants, like geraniums and beans.
?How big is the fire-flag plume moth?
It is very small, only about 1 centimetre across with open wings.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Sphenarches anisodactylus
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Pterophoridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pterophoridae
- Lives on
- Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania, North America, South America
- Also known as
- Geranium plume moth
Where the facts come from
- Sphenarches anisodactylus (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 Roger Drake. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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