Handmaiden moth
Syntomoides imaon
The handmaiden moth is a small dark moth from South Asia. Its wings have clear see-through windows in them. It has a yellow collar and a yellow band around its body.
Lives in
Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Thailand and Vietnam
Wingspan
3.4 cm (1.3 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars feed on 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 29 seconds
How big is Handmaiden 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)
Handmaiden moth about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its wings are about 3.4 centimetres wide.
2
The see-through spots on its front wings can be big or small.
3
The tips of its feelers are white.
4
The male is slimmer and has a longer body than the female.
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Most asked questions about Handmaiden moth
?What does the handmaiden moth look like?
It is a dark moth with see-through patches on its wings and a yellow band around its body.
?Where does the handmaiden moth live?
In South and South-east Asia, from Pakistan and India to Vietnam.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Syntomoides imaon
- Named by
- Cramer, 1780
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Syntomoides imaon (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 Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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