Eastern grass tubeworm moth
Acrolophus plumifrontella
The eastern grass tubeworm moth is a moth from the United States. With open wings it is about 3 centimetres across. You can see grown-ups flying for a long part of the year, from spring to autumn.
Lives in
The United States, from New York and New Jersey down to Florida and west to Texas and Arizona
Wingspan
2.8 cm (1.1 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Not much is written about what it eats. Its name hints that its caterpillars live in tubes and feed on grass.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 5 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 32 seconds
How big is Eastern grass tubeworm moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Eastern grass tubeworm moth about 12 km/h (7.5 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
Grown-ups fly from April to October.
2
It lives in more than twenty US states, from New York to Florida and Arizona.
3
Its wings are about 28 millimetres from tip to tip.
you asked
Most asked questions about Eastern grass tubeworm moth
?Is the eastern grass tubeworm moth dangerous?
No. It is a moth and cannot bite or sting.
?When can you see the eastern grass tubeworm moth?
From April to October.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Acrolophus plumifrontella
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Acrolophidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Acrolophidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Eastern grass-tubeworm moth
Where the facts come from
- Acrolophus plumifrontella (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 NCBioTeacher. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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