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title: "Brown-tail Moth"
description: "Euproctis chrysorrhoea — Insects & spiders. The brown-tail moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) is a moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brown-tail-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Brown-tail Moth

> Euproctis chrysorrhoea — Insects & spiders. The brown-tail moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) is a moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Euproctis chrysorrhoea*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9098
- Wikidata: [Q45902](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45902)
- iNaturalist taxon: [337520](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/337520)

## Names

- en: Brown-tail Moth
- de: Goldafter
- fr: Bombyx cul brun
- nl: Bastaardsatijnvlinder
- pl: Kuprówka rudnica

## Countries with the most observations

FR (1786), GB (1573), US (1445), DE (749), ES (505), NL (385), IT (363), PL (336), CH (233), PT (118), CZ (103), AT (76)

## Summary

The brown-tail moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is native to Europe, neighboring countries in Asia, and the north coast of Africa. Descriptions of outbreaks, i.e., large population increases of several years duration, have been reported as far back as the 1500s. The life cycle of the moth is atypical, in that it spends approximately nine months (August to April) as larvae (caterpillars), leaving about one month each for pupae, imagos and eggs. Larvae (caterpillars) are covered in hairs. Two red spots on the back, toward the tail, distinguish these species from other similarly hairy…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-tail_moth

## Photo

![Brown-tail Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-tail-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Giuliano Parpaglioni · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48152243

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-tail-moth?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).