Morbid owlet
The morbid owlet is a pale, greyish white moth with soft brown or orange lines on its wings. It lives in leafy woods across North America. Its caterpillars have a funny habit: they will even eat dead, dry leaves.
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Fun facts
It is the only species in its genus, Chytolita.
The moths fly from May to August, and there seems to be just one generation a year.
A smaller, darker moth was once thought to be a different species. DNA tests showed it is the same one.
Most asked questions about Morbid owlet
?What does the morbid owlet eat?
Its caterpillars eat leaves, both fresh ones and dry dead ones, and plants like dandelion and lettuce.
?How big is the morbid owlet?
Its wingspan is about 3 to 3.5 centimetres.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Chytolita morbidalis
- Named by
- Guenée, 1854
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Morbid owlet moth
Where the facts come from
- Chytolita (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 Aarongunnar. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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