Asian magpie moth
The Asian magpie moth is a moth that likes the daytime. Instead of flying at night like most moths, it flutters around in the sunshine. It lives on a huge stretch of land and islands, from India all the way to Samoa.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillars have been found on cabbage-family plants and on a weedy plant called groundsel.
Its wings are about 4.5 centimetres across.
It lives on many islands, and there are 13 kinds of it, from the Philippines to the Solomon Islands and Samoa.
Most asked questions about Asian magpie moth
?Does the Asian magpie moth fly in the day?
Yes. Unlike most moths, it flies during the day.
?Where does the Asian magpie moth live?
From India across Southeast Asia to Australia and the Pacific island of Samoa.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Nyctemera baulus
- Named by
- Boisduval, 1832
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Erebidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Erebidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Nyctemera baulus (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 James Niland. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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