Large tolype moth
The large tolype moth is a fluffy moth with dark grey wings crossed by wavy white lines. The females are bigger than the males. Its grey caterpillar lives on fruit trees and other leafy trees.
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Fun facts
The moths fly from June to November, and there is one family of them each year.
The caterpillar is dull grey, which helps it hide on tree bark.
Young caterpillars have a little flap on their legs that disappears as they grow up.
The mother lays her eggs on the leaves the caterpillars will eat.
Most asked questions about Large tolype moth
?What does the large tolype caterpillar eat?
Leaves of many trees, such as apple, cherry, oak, birch and beech.
?How big is the large tolype moth?
Its wings measure about 3 to 6 centimetres from tip to tip. Females are bigger.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Tolype velleda
- Named by
- Stoll, 1791
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Lasiocampidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lasiocampidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Velleda lappet moth
Where the facts come from
- Tolype velleda (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 Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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