Indomitable graphic moth
Melipotis indomita
The indomitable graphic moth has a very grand name for a moth. It lives in warm parts of North America and the West Indies. Its caterpillars feed on mesquite, a tough tree of dry places.
Lives in
From the West Indies and Mexico to Texas, California and up to Maine
Wingspan
4 to 5.5 cm (1.6 to 2.2 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat mesquite trees.
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 24 seconds
How big is Indomitable graphic moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Indomitable graphic moth about 16 km/h (9.9 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Indomitable means that it cannot be beaten.
2
There are several families of these moths every year.
3
It was described by Francis Walker in 1858.
you asked
Most asked questions about Indomitable graphic moth
?What does the indomitable graphic moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat mesquite trees.
?How big is the indomitable graphic moth?
With its wings spread it is about 4 to 5.5 centimetres wide.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Melipotis indomita
- Named by
- Walker, 1858
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Indomitable melipotis
Where the facts come from
- Melipotis indomita (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 Forest & Kim Starr. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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