Yarrow plume moth
The yarrow plume moth is a slim, rusty-brown moth with very long legs. Like all plume moths, it holds its narrow wings out to the sides, so it looks like a little letter T. It hides in low plants by day and comes out at dusk.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillar is green with pale stripes along its sides.
In autumn the caterpillar bores into a stem and spends the winter down in the roots.
In spring the caterpillar eats one young shoot after another, and the shoots go floppy.
Its wings are 23 to 27 millimetres across when spread out.
Most asked questions about Yarrow plume moth
?What does the yarrow plume moth eat?
Its caterpillars feed inside yarrow and sneezewort plants.
?When can you see the yarrow plume moth?
In summer, from June to July in Europe and until August in North America.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Gillmeria pallidactyla
- Named by
- Haworth, 1811
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Pterophoridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pterophoridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, North America
Where the facts come from
- Gillmeria pallidactyla (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 Mike Boone. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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