Maple leaftier moth
The maple leaftier is a small moth with yellowish wings covered in a fine brown net pattern. It starts flying when the evening gets dark. Its favourite trees are maples.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillar is pale yellow and partly see-through, so you can see its dark green insides shining through.
It has a dark V-shaped line across its wings, like a little arrow.
It flies from June to September, starting at dusk.
Its scientific name was given in honour of a man called Peter Forsskål.
Most asked questions about Maple leaftier moth
?How big is the maple leaftier moth?
It is small. Its wings measure only 12 to 17 millimetres from tip to tip.
?What does the maple leaftier caterpillar eat?
It feeds on maple trees, mostly field maple and sycamore.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Acleris forsskaleana
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Tortricidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Tortricidae
- Lives on
- Europe, North America
Where the facts come from
- Acleris forsskaleana (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 Please report references to kulac gmx.at .. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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