Grapevine epimenis moth
The grapevine epimenis is a small black moth with a big white patch on its front wings and a red patch on its back wings. It flies in spring, in the daytime woods of North America. Its caterpillar loves wild grapevines.
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Fun facts
It is a spring moth and flies from March to early May.
Its caterpillar is black with white stripes and a reddish orange head.
The caterpillar folds the edges of a fresh leaf upward and ties them with silk to make a little tent to hide in.
It spends the winter as a pupa, tucked away in wood.
Most asked questions about Grapevine epimenis moth
?What does the grapevine epimenis eat?
Its caterpillar eats the leaves of wild grapevines.
?When can you see the grapevine epimenis?
In spring, from March to early May.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Psychomorpha epimenis
- Named by
- Drury, 1782
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Grapevine epimenis
Where the facts come from
- Psychomorpha (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 Meganmccarty. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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