Australian grapevine moth
The Australian grapevine moth is a moth that flies in the daytime. Its wings are black with white bands, and it has bright red tufts of hair at the end of its body. Its caterpillar is black with pale yellow stripes, like a checkerboard.
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Fun facts
In 1862 people brought a bird, the Indian myna, to Australia to eat these caterpillars. It did not work, and now the myna is a pest itself.
Its caterpillar has long white hairs, red spots near its head and a red bump near its tail.
The moths are social, live for about two to three weeks and can fly more than 25 metres high.
The caterpillar likes to rest on the underside of the leaves it eats.
Most asked questions about Australian grapevine moth
?What does the Australian grapevine moth eat?
The caterpillars eat grapevine leaves and other plants. The moths drink nectar.
?Why do grape growers not like it?
Its caterpillars eat grapevine leaves, so it can harm vineyards.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Phalaenoides glycinae
- Named by
- Lewin, 1805
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania, North America, Africa
Where the facts come from
- Phalaenoides glycinae (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 dhobern. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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