Yellow shell moth
Camptogramma bilineata
The yellow shell is a small yellow moth with white zigzag lines across its wings. The edge of its wings is black and wavy. It is very common and lives in all sorts of places.
Lives in
Europe and across Asia to the Altai Mountains, in meadows and forest edges
Wingspan
2 to 2.5 cm (0.79 to 0.98 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The caterpillars eat low plants like chickweed and sorrel.
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
How big is Yellow shell moth compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Yellow shell 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
It lives in forests and open land, in wet and dry places.
2
It is most common along flowery forest edges.
3
In the Alps it lives as high as 1600 metres.
4
The moths fly from June to August.
you asked
Most asked questions about Yellow shell moth
?What does the yellow shell moth eat?
Its caterpillars eat chickweed, sorrel and other low plants.
?How big is the yellow shell moth?
Its wings are only about 2 to 2.5 centimetres across.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Camptogramma bilineata
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Geometridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Geometridae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
- Also known as
- Yellow shell
Where the facts come from
- Camptogramma bilineata (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 Pjt56. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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