Beautiful hook-tip
Laspeyria flexula
The beautiful hook-tip is a small moth with a little hooked point at the tip of each front wing. It flies in early summer. Its caterpillars live on willow and aspen trees.
Lives in
Europe and Asia
Wingspan
2.3 to 2.7 cm (0.91 to 1.1 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of willow and aspen.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 4 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 32 seconds
How big is Beautiful hook-tip compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Beautiful hook-tip about 12 km/h (7.5 mph)
A kid running fast 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 2.5 centimetres from tip to tip.
2
It flies from May to June, depending on where it lives.
3
Scientists first described it in 1775, more than 250 years ago.
you asked
Most asked questions about Beautiful hook-tip
?What does the beautiful hook-tip eat?
Its caterpillars eat willow and aspen leaves.
?Is the beautiful hook-tip harmful?
No. It is a harmless moth.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Laspeyria flexula
- Named by
- Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Laspeyria flexula (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 gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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