Yellow-fringed dolichomia moth
Hypsopygia olinalis
This small moth lives in the forests of eastern North America. Its name tells you that its wings have yellow fringes on the edges. Its caterpillars live on oak trees.
Lives in
Eastern North America, in oak woods
Wingspan
1.6 to 2.4 cm (0.63 to 0.94 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat oak trees.
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 34 seconds
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Yellow-fringed dolichomia moth about 11 km/h (6.8 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
In the north-east of the United States it flies from May to August.
2
Further south, in North Carolina, it flies until September.
3
With its wings spread it is only about 2 centimetres wide.
you asked
Most asked questions about Yellow-fringed dolichomia moth
?What does the yellow-fringed dolichomia eat?
Its caterpillars feed on oak trees.
?When can you see the yellow-fringed dolichomia?
In summer, from about May to August or September.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Hypsopygia olinalis
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pyralidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Yellow-fringed dolichomia
Where the facts come from
- Hypsopygia olinalis (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 NCBioTeacher. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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