Spotted beet webworm moth
Hymenia perspectalis
The spotted beet webworm moth is a small moth that has travelled far. It lives in parts of North America, Africa, Asia and Australia. In warm places it can be seen flying for most of the year.
Lives in
Eastern North America, the Caribbean, Africa, Hong Kong and Queensland in Australia
Wingspan
1.6 to 2.2 cm (0.63 to 0.87 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars feed on plants.
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 38 seconds
How big is Spotted beet webworm moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Spotted beet webworm moth about 10 km/h (6.2 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
In North America it lives from Maine to Florida and west to Texas.
2
It flies from April all the way to November.
3
It was described by the scientist Jacob Hübner in 1796.
you asked
Most asked questions about Spotted beet webworm moth
?Where does the spotted beet webworm moth live?
In eastern North America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, Hong Kong and Australia.
?Is the spotted beet webworm moth harmful?
No. It is harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Hymenia perspectalis
- Named by
- Hübner, 1796
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- North America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Hymenia perspectalis (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 Vengolis. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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