Inornate pyrausta moth
Pyrausta inornatalis
The inornate pyrausta moth is a small moth with plain pinkish red front wings. It has no spots or patterns at all, which is why it is called inornate, meaning not decorated. Its big eyes are yellowish green.
Lives in
North America, and now also Japan and France
Wingspan
1.3 to 1.6 cm (0.51 to 0.63 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the flowers and buds of sage plants by boring into them.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 42 seconds
How big is Inornate pyrausta moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Inornate pyrausta moth about 8.9 km/h (5.5 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 caterpillar can be bluish green or pale red, depending on the colour of the plant it eats.
2
The caterpillar grows to about 11 millimetres long.
3
It arrived in Japan by 2019 and in France by 2024.
4
Grown-up moths can be seen from March to November.
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Most asked questions about Inornate pyrausta moth
?What does the inornate pyrausta moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat the flowers and buds of sage plants.
?How big is the inornate pyrausta moth?
Its wings are only about 13 to 16 millimetres wide.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pyrausta inornatalis
- Named by
- Fernald, 1885
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Crambidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Crambidae
- Lives on
- North America, Asia, Europe
Where the facts come from
- Pyrausta inornatalis (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 Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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