Smoky tetanolita moth
Tetanolita mynesalis
The smoky tetanolita moth is a small moth from eastern North America. It is a litter moth, which means its caterpillars probably live among fallen leaves on the ground. The grown-ups fly for a long part of the year.
Lives in
Eastern North America, and the island of Bermuda
Wingspan
2 to 2.5 cm (0.79 to 0.98 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a small moth that does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars probably eat dead, fallen leaves.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 4 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 34 seconds
How big is Smoky tetanolita moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Smoky tetanolita moth about 11 km/h (6.8 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
The grown-up moths fly from May all the way to November.
2
A special kind of it lives only on the island of Bermuda.
3
Its wings are about 2 to 2.5 centimetres across.
you asked
Most asked questions about Smoky tetanolita moth
?What does the smoky tetanolita eat?
Its caterpillars probably eat dead leaves.
?Where does the smoky tetanolita live?
In eastern North America, and one kind lives on Bermuda.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Tetanolita mynesalis
- Named by
- Walker, 1859
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Smoky tetanolita
Where the facts come from
- Tetanolita mynesalis (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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