Volupial mint moth
Pyrausta volupialis
The volupial mint moth is a small moth from the south-west of North America. Its caterpillars love plants from the mint family. You can see the grown-up moths at any time of the year.
Lives in
South-western United States and Mexico
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat plants from the mint family, such as rosemary.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Volupial mint moth about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Each front wing is only 8 to 10.5 millimetres long.
2
It lives from Oklahoma, Utah and California all the way south to Chiapas in Mexico.
3
It was first described by a scientist in 1877.
you asked
Most asked questions about Volupial mint moth
?What does the volupial mint moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat mint family plants, like rosemary.
?When can I see the volupial mint moth?
The moths have been seen in every month of the year.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pyrausta volupialis
- Named by
- Grote, 1877
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Volupial pyrausta moth
Where the facts come from
- Pyrausta volupialis (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 Ken-ichi Ueda. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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