White slant-line
Tetracis cachexiata
The white slant-line is a moth from North America that flies in late spring and early summer. Its caterpillars eat the leaves of both leafy trees and evergreen trees. It lives across a huge part of Canada and the United States.
Lives in
North America, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia and south to Florida
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat many trees, such as alder, birch, willow, elm, pine, larch and fir.
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)
White slant-line about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its front wings are 19 to 26 millimetres long.
2
It flies from May to early July.
3
Its caterpillars eat needles of conifers like pine and hemlock, as well as ordinary leaves.
you asked
Most asked questions about White slant-line
?What does the white slant-line eat?
Its caterpillars eat leaves of many trees, and even pine and fir needles.
?When does the white slant-line fly?
From May to early July.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Tetracis cachexiata
- Named by
- Guenée, 1858
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- White slaut
Where the facts come from
- Tetracis cachexiata (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 D. Gordon E. Robertson. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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