Little white lichen moth
Clemensia albata
The little white lichen moth is a small, pale moth. It lives in damp, shady forests where the trees are often covered in green and grey crusts. It is one of the smallest moths in its big family.
Lives in
North America, from Canada down to California, in damp forests
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Grown-up moths have been seen nibbling on algae, the tiny green stuff that grows on damp tree bark.
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)
Little white lichen 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 of its front wings is only about 1 centimetre long, about as long as your fingernail.
2
You can see the grown-up moths flying from late June to early September.
3
It lives all the way from the east of North America to the Pacific coast, even in rainy coastal forests.
you asked
Most asked questions about Little white lichen moth
?Is the little white lichen moth dangerous?
No. It is a tiny, gentle moth that cannot bite or sting.
?When can you see the little white lichen moth?
In summer, from late June to early September.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Clemensia albata
- Named by
- Packard, 1864
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Clemensia albata (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 Jeremy deWaard, University of British Columbia. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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