Boxwood leaftier moth
Galasa nigrinodis
The boxwood leaftier moth is a small moth from North America. Its caterpillars live on boxwood bushes. They tie leaves together with silk and hide inside.
Lives in
Eastern North America, where boxwood bushes grow
Wingspan
1.3 to 2 cm (0.51 to 0.79 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat boxwood leaves, even the dead ones that they tie together.
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 Boxwood leaftier moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Boxwood leaftier 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
Its caterpillars tie leaves together with silk to make a little hiding place.
2
The grown-up moths fly from June to September.
3
Another name for it is the boxwood webworm.
you asked
Most asked questions about Boxwood leaftier moth
?What does the boxwood leaftier moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of boxwood bushes.
?How big is the boxwood leaftier moth?
Its open wings measure about 1.3 to 2 cm across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Galasa nigrinodis
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pyralidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Boxwood webworm
Where the facts come from
- Galasa nigrinodis (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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