Snowy urola moth
This tiny moth's forewings have a satin shimmer so bright and white that early observers named it for snow.
| Where | Lawns, turf and weedy fields |
|---|---|
| Size | 15 to 23 mm wingspan |
| When | March to September |
This tiny moth has bright white, satiny forewings with a single dark spot near the center and a neat brown dashed border, fringed below in golden brown.
Caterpillars feed on grasses in lawns and turf, and two generations of adults fly each year, coming readily to porch lights on warm nights.
Traits
Habitat
Grassland
Colour
White, Brown
Active
Night
To people
Harmless to people; a common visitor to porch lights at night.
Activity through the year
Often confused with
Another small, pale crambid moth found in the same lawns and turf, it has a more uniformly silvery-white wing surface without the neat brown dashed border of the Snowy Urola.
Questions
Is the Snowy urola moth dangerous to people?
Harmless to people; a common visitor to porch lights at night.
When can you see the Snowy urola moth?
The Snowy urola moth can be seen from March to September, at night.
Plate retouched from a photo by conhawn, CC0, iNaturalist Licence
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