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title: "Common Swift Moth"
description: "Korscheltellus lupulina — Insects & spiders. The common swift (Korscheltellus lupulina) is a moth of the family Hepialidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-swift-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Swift Moth

> Korscheltellus lupulina — Insects & spiders. The common swift (Korscheltellus lupulina) is a moth of the family Hepialidae.

- Scientific name: *Korscheltellus lupulina*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8596
- Wikidata: [Q27997734](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27997734)
- iNaturalist taxon: [626665](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/626665)

## Names

- en: Common Swift Moth
- de: Kleiner Hopfen-Wurzelbohrer
- fr: Louvette

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2692), CA (1305), FR (946), DE (834), DK (791), RU (319), SE (317), CH (216), CZ (163), PL (85), UA (66), IT (65)

## Summary

The common swift (Korscheltellus lupulina) is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It was previously placed in the genus Hepialus. It is a common, often abundant European species. The species was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

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

## Photo

![Common Swift Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-swift-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jack Gelinas · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166415556

## Machine access

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