Black zigzag moth
The black zigzag is a moth from the conifer forests of northern North America. Its caterpillars munch the needles of firs, hemlocks, larches, pines and spruces. Its caterpillar even has its own name, the tufted spruce caterpillar.
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Its wings measure 30 to 35 millimetres from tip to tip.
It flies from May to August, depending on where it lives.
There are two different kinds of it, called subspecies.
Most asked questions about Black zigzag moth
?What does the black zigzag moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat the needles of conifer trees like firs, pines and spruces.
?Where does the black zigzag moth live?
In North America, from Newfoundland to British Columbia and south to Colorado and Kentucky.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Panthea acronyctoides
- Named by
- Walker, 1861
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Tufted spruce caterpillar
Where the facts come from
- Panthea acronyctoides (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 Gary Anweiler. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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