Brown-hooded owlet
Cucullia convexipennis
The brown-hooded owlet is a night moth from North America. It belongs to the owlet moths, a big family of moths that fly at night. Its caterpillars love the plants that bloom in late summer gardens.
Lives in
The north-east of the United States and nearby Canada
Wingspan
4 to 5 cm (1.6 to 2 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat asters, goldenrod and China asters.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🧱wings as wide as 1.5 toy building bricks⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 24 seconds
How big is Brown-hooded owlet compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Brown-hooded owlet about 16 km/h (9.9 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its front wings alone are about 2 centimetres long.
2
It flies from May to September, depending on where it lives.
3
It was first described in 1868 by two scientists, Grote and Robinson.
you asked
Most asked questions about Brown-hooded owlet
?What does the brown-hooded owlet eat?
Its caterpillars eat asters and goldenrod.
?How big is the brown-hooded owlet?
Its wings are about 4 to 5 centimetres wide.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cucullia convexipennis
- Named by
- Grote & Robinson, 1868
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Brown-bordered cucullia
Where the facts come from
- Cucullia convexipennis (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 NCBioTeacher. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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