Bug card No. 2211 of 4,939

Hebrew moth

Polygrammate hebraeicum

Eats: Plants MothsForests and woods6 legs

The Hebrew moth is a small moth from North America. It is the only kind of moth in its group. It flies at night in summer.

Lives in

Eastern North America, from Ontario to Florida and Texas, in woods

Wingspan

2.3 to 3.9 cm (0.91 to 1.5 in)

Top speed

about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)

Can it hurt you?

Harmless

Harmless. It does not bite or sting.

What does it eat?

Its caterpillars eat the leaves of black gum trees.

How big is it?

wings as wide as 6 grains of rice in a rowcould fly across a whole football pitch in 27 seconds

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A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)

A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)

Hebrew moth about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)

A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)

cool stuff

It is the only species in its whole genus, so it has no close cousins.

The grown-up moths fly from May to August.

Its caterpillars feed on black gum trees.

you asked

?What does the Hebrew moth eat?

Its caterpillars eat the leaves of black gum trees.

?How big is the Hebrew moth?

Its open wings measure about 2.3 to 3.9 cm across.

Polygrammate (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
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