Comstock's sallow
Feralia comstocki
Comstock's sallow is a moth that lives in pine forests. It flies in spring, when many other moths are not out yet. Its caterpillars grow up munching pine needles.
Lives in
North America, from the Appalachian mountains to Canada and Oregon, in pine forests
Wingspan
3.3 to 3.5 cm (1.3 to 1.4 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat pine trees.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 6 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 29 seconds
How big is Comstock's sallow 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)
Comstock's sallow about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
With its wings open it is about as wide as a big coin, 33 to 35 millimetres.
2
It flies from April to June, depending on where it lives.
3
It lives all across North America, from the mountains in the east to Vancouver Island in the west.
you asked
Most asked questions about Comstock's sallow
?What does Comstock's sallow eat?
Its caterpillars feed on pine trees.
?When does Comstock's sallow fly?
In spring, from April to June.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Feralia comstocki
- Named by
- Grote, 1874
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Feralia comstocki (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 CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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