Grape leaffolder moth
Desmia funeralis
The grape leaffolder is a small dark moth that flies in the daytime. It lives where grapes grow, from the southern USA to California and up to Canada. Its caterpillars like to munch grape leaves.
Lives in
Southern and eastern USA, California and southeastern Canada
Wingspan
2.1 to 2.8 cm (0.83 to 1.1 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat grape vine leaves, and also redbud trees and evening primrose.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 5 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 32 seconds
How big is Grape leaffolder moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Grape leaffolder moth about 12 km/h (7.5 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
Unlike most moths, it flies in the daytime.
2
From above it looks exactly like a close cousin, so experts have to look very carefully.
3
There can be two or three families of moths in one summer, flying from May to September.
you asked
Most asked questions about Grape leaffolder moth
?What does the grape leaffolder eat?
Its caterpillars eat grape leaves, redbud and evening primrose.
?Is the grape leaffolder a pest?
It is a small pest of grape vines, but it is harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Desmia funeralis
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Grape leaffolder
Where the facts come from
- Desmia funeralis (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 Photo by Greg Hume ( Greg5030 ). CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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