Variegated golden tortrix
The variegated golden tortrix is a small brown and golden moth with dark reddish blotches. Its wings are broad and almost rectangular. It sleeps in the leaves during the day and wakes up when it starts to get dark.
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Fun facts
The caterpillar rolls a leaf around itself and grows up safely inside it.
The females are usually a little bigger than the males.
When it rests, one wing covers part of the other, so its pattern can look a bit lopsided.
The caterpillar is grey or bluish with a shiny black head.
Most asked questions about Variegated golden tortrix
?What does the variegated golden tortrix eat?
Its caterpillars eat leaves of oak and many other trees and bushes.
?When does the variegated golden tortrix fly?
In summer, from June to August, starting at dusk.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Archips xylosteana
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Tortricidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Tortricidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia, Africa
- Also known as
- Brown oak tortrix
Where the facts come from
- Archips xylosteana (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 Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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