Alder moth
Acronicta alni
The alder moth is a moth that lives across a huge part of the world, from Spain all the way to Japan. It belongs to the big family of owlet moths. It flies at night.
Lives in
Europe and Asia, from Spain to Japan and Korea
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of trees, such as alder, which gave it its name.
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)
Alder moth about 14 km/h (8.7 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It lives in Turkey, the Caucasus, the Ural Mountains, Siberia, China and Korea.
2
In Japan you can find it on the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu.
3
It belongs to the owlet moths, one of the biggest moth families in the world.
you asked
Most asked questions about Alder moth
?Where does the alder moth live?
Across Europe and Asia, from Spain and Italy to China, Japan and Korea.
?Is the alder moth dangerous?
No. It is a harmless moth that cannot bite or sting.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Acronicta alni
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Acronicta alni (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 Dumi. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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