Coffee-loving pyrausta moth
Pyrausta tyralis
The coffee-loving pyrausta is a tiny moth from the warm parts of the Americas. Its wings are less than 2 centimetres from tip to tip. Its caterpillars like plants from the coffee family, which gave it its funny name.
Lives in
Southern United States, Mexico, Central America, Venezuela and the West Indies
Wingspan
1.7 cm (0.67 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat wild coffee plants, bur marigolds and dahlias.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 42 seconds
How big is Coffee-loving pyrausta moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Coffee-loving pyrausta moth about 9.1 km/h (5.7 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
It has been seen flying in every month of the year.
2
Its wings are only about 1.7 centimetres from tip to tip.
3
Its caterpillars also eat dahlias, a popular garden flower.
you asked
Most asked questions about Coffee-loving pyrausta moth
?Why is it called coffee-loving?
Because its caterpillars eat wild coffee plants, which belong to the coffee family.
?Where does the coffee-loving pyrausta live?
From the United States through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela and the West Indies.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pyrausta tyralis
- Named by
- Guenée, 1854
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
Where the facts come from
- Pyrausta tyralis (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 xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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