Rose plume moth
The rose plume moth is a delicate moth whose wings are split into thin feathery strips. When it rests, it rolls them up and looks like the letter T. Its caterpillars live on roses.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillars hatch in autumn and spend the winter small, probably hidden in a rose stem.
In May the caterpillars wake up and start eating again.
It flies in July and August and comes to lights.
It is one of the most boldly marked of all plume moths.
Most asked questions about Rose plume moth
?What does the rose plume moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves, buds and flowers of roses, like the dog rose.
?Why is it called a plume moth?
Because its wings are split into thin, feathery strips, like plumes.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla
- Named by
- Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Pterophoridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pterophoridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, North America
Where the facts come from
- Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla (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 unknown author. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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