Tissue
Triphosa dubitata
The tissue is a moth from Europe, Asia and northwest Africa. It flies in late summer, in August and September. Its caterpillars eat the leaves of bird cherry, buckthorn and ash trees.
Lives in
From northwest Africa across Europe and Asia to Japan
Wingspan
3.8 to 4.8 cm (1.5 to 1.9 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of bird cherry, buckthorn, alder buckthorn and ash.
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 25 seconds
How big is Tissue compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Tissue about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
2
Scientists know two subspecies of it.
3
It lives across a huge area, from Africa all the way to Japan.
you asked
Most asked questions about Tissue
?What does the tissue moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat leaves of bird cherry, buckthorn and ash.
?How big is the tissue moth?
Its wings measure about 38 to 48 millimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Triphosa dubitata
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- Africa, Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Triphosa dubitata (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 Tigerente. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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