Laudable arches
Lacinipolia laudabilis
The laudable arches is a small moth from the warm south of the United States, Mexico and Costa Rica. It is a night moth that can be seen flying in every month of the year. A few have even turned up in Great Britain.
Lives in
Southern and eastern United States, Mexico and Costa Rica
Wingspan
2 to 2.8 cm (0.79 to 1.1 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat many different soft, low plants.
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 Laudable arches compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Laudable arches 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
It has been seen flying in every month of the year.
2
It has also been found in Great Britain. It probably came there by accident with people, or maybe flew in.
3
Its wings measure about 2 to 3 centimetres from tip to tip.
you asked
Most asked questions about Laudable arches
?When can you see the laudable arches moth?
It has been seen flying all year round.
?What do laudable arches caterpillars eat?
They eat many kinds of soft, low plants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Lacinipolia laudabilis
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Laudable arches moth
Where the facts come from
- Lacinipolia laudabilis (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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