Oak besma moth
The oak besma is a moth from North America. Its caterpillars munch the leaves of oak and many other trees. The males and females look different from each other.
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Fun facts
It has two generations each year.
In southern Canada its caterpillars like paper birch best of all.
It lives across southern Canada and almost all of the United States, but not in California.
In the south, the grown-up moths fly from April to September.
Most asked questions about Oak besma moth
?What does the oak besma eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of oak and many other trees, like elm, poplar, willow and birch.
?Where does the oak besma live?
In southern Canada, from Newfoundland to British Columbia, and in all of the United States except California.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Besma quercivoraria
- Named by
- Guenée, 1857
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Oak besma
Where the facts come from
- Besma quercivoraria (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 NCBioTeacher. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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