Bristly cutworm moth
The bristly cutworm moth is a small brown moth with three green spots on its front wings. When it rests, it folds its wings into a little tent, like an arrowhead. It is smaller than most of its moth cousins.
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Fun facts
It can be seen flying from May all the way to October.
One of its three green spots has a thin white border around it.
Farmers count it as a pest, because its caterpillars nibble crops like cabbage and lettuce.
Most asked questions about Bristly cutworm moth
?What does the bristly cutworm eat?
Its caterpillars eat dandelions, clover, chicory and sometimes vegetables like cabbage and lettuce.
?How big is the bristly cutworm moth?
Its wings measure about 2 to 3 centimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Lacinipolia renigera
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Kidney-spotted minor, Bristly cutworm
Where the facts come from
- Lacinipolia renigera (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 Beatriz Moisset. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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