Spotted grass moth
Rivula propinqualis
The spotted grass moth is a small moth from North America. Its wings are not even 2 centimetres across. It flies in summer, and its caterpillars live among the grasses.
Lives in
Eastern North America, from southern Canada to Florida and Texas, and in the north west to British Columbia
Wingspan
1.5 to 1.9 cm (0.59 to 0.75 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a small moth that does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat many kinds of grasses.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 39 seconds
How big is Spotted grass moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Spotted grass moth about 9.6 km/h (6 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The grown-up moths fly from May to August.
2
In North Carolina it lives everywhere from the Appalachian Mountains to the seaside.
3
It is also called the yellow snout-moth.
you asked
Most asked questions about Spotted grass moth
?What does the spotted grass moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat grasses.
?How big is the spotted grass moth?
Its wings are only 15 to 19 millimetres across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Rivula propinqualis
- Named by
- Guenée, 1854
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Yellow snout-moth
Where the facts come from
- Rivula propinqualis (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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