Bent-lined dart
Choephora fungorum
The bent-lined dart is a moth from eastern North America. Unlike many moths, it waits until autumn to fly, when the nights are getting cold. Its caterpillars munch on clover and weeds.
Lives in
Eastern North America, from southern Ontario to northern Florida and west to Kansas and Texas
Wingspan
3.3 to 4.7 cm (1.3 to 1.9 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a moth that does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat clover, tobacco and many kinds of weeds. They can also be raised on dandelions.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 8 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 25 seconds
How big is Bent-lined dart compared to YOU?
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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)
Bent-lined dart about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The grown-up moths fly from September to November.
2
Its wings are about 3 to 5 centimetres across.
3
People who raise its caterpillars can feed them dandelion leaves.
you asked
Most asked questions about Bent-lined dart
?When does the bent-lined dart fly?
In autumn, from September to November.
?What does the bent-lined dart eat?
Its caterpillars eat clover, tobacco, dandelions and other weeds.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Choephora fungorum
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Bent-line dart
Where the facts come from
- Choephora fungorum (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 Greg Hume. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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