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Chickweed Moth

Haematopsis grataria

Plate XLIII — Chickweed Moth is Fig. 2
Plate XLIII — Chickweed Moth is Fig. 2

This common but none the less beautiful little moth is often seen by the roadsides, where it has the habit of clinging to the stems of grasses, and of flying up when the footsteps of the passer-by approach. It is a native of the Appalachian subregion, and ranges from the Atlantic to the Mississippi and beyond. The larva feeds on chickweed.