Four-spotted moth
The four-spotted moth is a small dark brown moth with one big white spot on each of its four wings. That makes four spots, just like its name says. Its caterpillar eats a weed called field bindweed, which farmers do not want.
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Fun facts
People brought it to the United States in the 1980s to help get rid of field bindweed.
A female lays about 400 to 500 eggs.
There are two generations of moths every year, and in warm places often three.
It is the only species in its genus.
Most asked questions about Four-spotted moth
?Why is it called the four-spotted moth?
It has one big white spot on each of its four wings.
?Is the four-spotted moth helpful?
Yes. Its caterpillars eat field bindweed, a weed that troubles farmers.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Tyta luctuosa
- Named by
- Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, Africa, North America
- Also known as
- Field bindweed moth
Where the facts come from
- Tyta (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 Xulescu g. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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