Lettered habrosyne moth
Habrosyne scripta
The lettered habrosyne is a North American moth with fine patterns on its wings. Another of its names is the scribe, which is a person who writes by hand. Its caterpillars eat raspberry leaves.
Lives in
Southern Canada and the northern United States, from Labrador to Vancouver Island
Wingspan
3 to 3.9 cm (1.2 to 1.5 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat leaves of raspberry and blackberry plants.
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 27 seconds
How big is Lettered habrosyne moth 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)
Lettered habrosyne moth about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its wings are about 3 to 4 centimetres from tip to tip.
2
It flies from May to August.
3
It has two families of moths each year.
you asked
Most asked questions about Lettered habrosyne moth
?What does the lettered habrosyne eat?
Its caterpillars eat raspberry leaves.
?Where does the lettered habrosyne live?
In southern Canada and the northern United States.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Habrosyne scripta
- Named by
- Gosse, 1840
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Drepanidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Drepanidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Lettered habrosyne, Scribe
Where the facts come from
- Habrosyne scripta (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 Mike Boone. CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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