Scorched wing
The scorched wing is a moth whose wings look as if they were singed at the edges. They are covered in countless fine lines, with a dark brown and purplish patch near the back. Its caterpillar is a master of disguise and looks just like a little twig.
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Fun facts
Its brownish caterpillar has a little hump on its back that makes it look even more like a twig.
There is a dark form whose wings are mostly chestnut brown and black.
There is only one family of it each year, flying from May to July.
Carl Linnaeus, a famous Swedish scientist, described it in 1767.
Most asked questions about Scorched wing
?Why is it called the scorched wing?
Its wings have dark brown and purplish patches that make them look a little burnt.
?What does the scorched wing caterpillar eat?
Leaves of trees such as oak, birch and sallow.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Plagodis dolabraria
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1767
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Plagodis dolabraria (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 Kulac. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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