Oak leafshredder moth
The oak leafshredder is a small moth with bell-shaped wings that can be yellow, brown or even purple. Its caterpillars are clever builders. They tie oak leaves together with silk and live inside them like in a little tent.
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Fun facts
The mother lays single eggs on oak twigs in June. They wait all winter and hatch the next April.
When the caterpillars are ready to change, they let themselves down to the ground on silk threads.
They turn into moths among the fallen leaves on the forest floor.
When there are very many caterpillars, they can eat so many leaves that oak trees get badly damaged.
A fully grown caterpillar is about 12 millimetres long and dirty white to light green.
Most asked questions about Oak leafshredder moth
?Why is it called an oak leaftier?
Because its caterpillars tie oak leaves together with silk and live inside them.
?What does the oak leafshredder eat?
Its caterpillars eat oak buds and young oak leaves.
?Is the oak leafshredder harmful?
Not to people, but many caterpillars together can damage oak trees.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Acleris semipurpurana
- Named by
- Kearfott, 1909
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Tortricidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Tortricidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Oak leaftier, Oak leaf tier
Where the facts come from
- Acleris semipurpurana (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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