Privet tortrix
The privet tortrix is a small moth with reddish brown front wings and dark brown markings. It flies in the afternoon and evening and likes to come to lights. Its caterpillars live on privet hedges and other bushes.
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Fun facts
Its wings measure only 1.3 to 1.9 centimetres from tip to tip.
The females have fainter markings on their wings than the males.
Its caterpillars are violet green or violet grey with a pale brown head.
Some young caterpillars sleep through the winter and carry on growing in spring.
Most asked questions about Privet tortrix
?What does the privet tortrix eat?
Its caterpillars eat leaves of privet and many other plants, and they like dead leaves best.
?Is the privet tortrix dangerous?
No. It is a tiny, harmless moth.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Clepsis consimilana
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Tortricidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Tortricidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, Africa, North America
Where the facts come from
- Clepsis consimilana (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 Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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