Marbled white moth
Nyctemera adversata
The marbled white moth is a moth that flies in the daytime, like a butterfly. It lives in many warm countries of Asia. Its caterpillars eat plants from the daisy family.
Lives in
South and East Asia, from India and Sri Lanka to China, Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat plants like ragwort and fleabane.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Marbled white moth about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Most moths fly at night, but this one flies during the day.
2
It lives in many places, from Nepal and Tibet to the islands of Borneo and Java.
3
Scientists first described it in 1788.
you asked
Most asked questions about Marbled white moth
?Does the marbled white moth fly in the day?
Yes. Unlike most moths, it is active in the daytime.
?What does the marbled white moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat plants like ragwort and fleabane.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Nyctemera adversata
- Named by
- Schaller, 1788
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Nyctemera adversata (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 Charles Lam. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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