Latticed heath
The latticed heath is a small moth with pale yellow or white wings covered in a net of brown lines. It looks a bit like a tiny window with a fence in front of it. It flies in the daytime, but sometimes visits lamps at night too.
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Fun facts
Its name comes from the brown net, or lattice, pattern on its wings.
Some latticed heaths have so many lines that their wings are almost all dark brown.
It spends the winter as a pupa.
Its caterpillar is pale green with white stripes along its body.
Most asked questions about Latticed heath
?Is the latticed heath a day moth?
Yes. It flies in the daytime, but it can also come to lights at night.
?How big is the latticed heath?
Its wings are about 2 to 2.5 centimetres across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Chiasmia clathrata
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Latticed heath (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 Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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