Pink-barred pseudeustrotia moth
Pseudeustrotia carneola
The pink-barred pseudeustrotia is a small moth from North America. As its name says, it has pinkish bars on its wings. It lives at the edges of woods and in meadows.
Lives in
North America, from Nova Scotia and Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico
Wingspan
2 to 2.4 cm (0.79 to 0.94 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat dock, knotweed and goldenrod.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 4 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 34 seconds
How big is Pink-barred pseudeustrotia moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Pink-barred pseudeustrotia moth about 11 km/h (6.8 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
Its wings measure only about 20 to 24 millimetres across.
2
The moths fly from May to September.
3
It likes woodland edges, damp meadows and grasslands.
you asked
Most asked questions about Pink-barred pseudeustrotia moth
?What does the pink-barred pseudeustrotia eat?
Its caterpillars eat dock, knotweed and goldenrod.
?Where does the pink-barred pseudeustrotia live?
In North America, from eastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pseudeustrotia carneola
- Named by
- Guenée, 1852
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Pink-barred lithacodia moth
Where the facts come from
- Pseudeustrotia carneola (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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