Mournful thyris moth
The mournful thyris is a small black moth with white spots that flies in the daytime. Its black colour made people think of mourning, which is how it got its sad name. Its caterpillar is a clever little leaf cutter.
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Fun facts
The caterpillar cuts an almost perfect circle out of a leaf and rolls itself up inside it, like a little sleeping bag.
It spends the whole winter in that leafy pouch and comes out the next year.
The grown-up moths fly for only two or three weeks each year.
Its caterpillar grows to about 18 millimetres long.
Most asked questions about Mournful thyris moth
?Does the mournful thyris fly at night?
No. Unlike most moths, it flies in the daytime.
?How big is the mournful thyris?
Its wings measure about 15 to 23 millimetres from tip to tip.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Pseudothyris sepulchralis
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Thyrididae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Thyrididae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Mournful thyris
Where the facts come from
- Pseudothyris sepulchralis (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 Jacy Lucier. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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