Pale mottled willow moth
The pale mottled willow is a grey night moth, speckled like a little piece of granite. Its back wings are white with grey veins. It is very good at travelling and has even reached North America.
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Fun facts
It can be seen flying from April all the way to October, depending on where it lives.
It was first found in North America in New York City in 1993, and it is spreading there.
In North America it has two families every year.
Its caterpillar is dark with a green tinge and pale stripes along its body.
Most asked questions about Pale mottled willow moth
?How big is the pale mottled willow moth?
Its wings are about 2.5 to 3.5 centimetres across.
?What does the pale mottled willow caterpillar eat?
It eats plantain and different kinds of grass.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Caradrina clavipalpis
- Named by
- Scopoli, 1763
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia, North America
- Also known as
- Pale mottled willow
Where the facts come from
- Caradrina clavipalpis (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 Donald Hobern. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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