The sorcerer
The sorcerer is a dark moth with a magical-sounding name. Its back wings are pure white near the body and black on the outer half, with little white patches. It lives in many parts of the world.
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Fun facts
Its wings are about 4 centimetres from tip to tip.
It has lots of names: the sorcerer, the eastern alchymist and the sweet potato leaf worm.
It flies from June to September, depending on where it lives.
Its caterpillars also eat beach morning glory, a plant that grows on sandy shores.
Most asked questions about The sorcerer
?What does the sorcerer moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat bindweed and sweet potato leaves.
?Where does the sorcerer moth live?
In Europe, Asia, parts of Africa and Australia.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Aedia leucomelas
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania
- Also known as
- Eastern alchymist, Sweet potato leaf worm, Sorcerer
Where the facts come from
- Aedia leucomelas (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 dhobern. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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