Common eupithecia moth
Eupithecia miserulata
The common eupithecia is a tiny moth from North America. Spread out, its wings are only about as wide as a small coin. Its caterpillars are not picky and eat many kinds of plants.
Lives in
North America, from Canada down to Florida, Texas and California
Wingspan
1.2 to 2 cm (0.47 to 0.79 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat many plants, like coneflowers, asters, willows, cherry, juniper and clover.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 3 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 38 seconds
How big is Common eupithecia moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Common eupithecia moth about 9.9 km/h (6.2 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
Depending on where it lives, you can see it flying from March to November.
2
Its caterpillars eat everything from flowers and clover to trees like willow and cherry.
3
It is a small cousin of the big family of looper moths.
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Most asked questions about Common eupithecia moth
?How big is the common eupithecia?
Very small, its wings measure only 12 to 20 millimetres across.
?What does the common eupithecia caterpillar eat?
Lots of different plants, such as asters, clover, willow and cherry.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Eupithecia miserulata
- Named by
- Grote, 1863
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Common eupithecia
Where the facts come from
- Eupithecia miserulata (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 Dendroica cerulea. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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