Bright-line brown-eye
The bright-line brown-eye has a name that tells you exactly what it looks like. Its dark reddish brown front wings have a bright orange-brown spot, like an eye, and a bright white line near the edge. It flies at night and loves sweet flowers.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
How big is Bright-line brown-eye compared to YOU?
Just maths in your browser. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
Its caterpillar is green or brown with white dots and a yellow and black stripe along its side.
It spends the winter as a pupa.
It is attracted to lights at night, and to sugar.
Most asked questions about Bright-line brown-eye
?What does the bright-line brown-eye caterpillar eat?
It eats many kinds of plants and is sometimes a pest of tomatoes.
?How big is the bright-line brown-eye?
Its wings are about 3.4 to 4.4 centimetres wide.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Lacanobia oleracea
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Africa, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Bright-line brown-eye (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 gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
If we got something wrong, sorry, we are bug fans, not a science journal. Tell us at [email protected] and we will fix it.
Bug Wiki honey jar For grown-ups: Bug Wiki is free, with no ads and no tracking. A small tip helps keep it online.Leave a tip
Atlas moth
Luna moth
Hummingbird hawk-moth
Domestic silk moth
Isabella tiger moth
Polyphemus moth
Crotch's bumble bee
Mazarine blue
Red-necked longhorn beetle
Great purple hairstreak
Yellow-banded bumblebee
Hairy snail