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title: "Jersey Tiger"
description: "Euplagia quadripunctaria — Insects & spiders. Euplagia quadripunctaria, the Jersey tiger, or Spanish flag, is a diurnal moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/jersey-tiger
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jersey Tiger

> Euplagia quadripunctaria — Insects & spiders. Euplagia quadripunctaria, the Jersey tiger, or Spanish flag, is a diurnal moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Euplagia quadripunctaria*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 45566
- Wikidata: [Q937987](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937987)
- iNaturalist taxon: [118936](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118936)

## Names

- en: Jersey Tiger
- de: Russischer Bär
- es: Calimorfa
- fr: Écaille chinée
- nl: Spaanse vlag
- pl: Krasopani hera

## Countries with the most observations

GB (11874), FR (8267), IT (4307), DE (4246), AT (3706), ES (2392), CZ (1453), CH (1233), BE (998), GR (724), LU (581), PT (512)

## Summary

Euplagia quadripunctaria, the Jersey tiger, or Spanish flag, is a diurnal moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus in 1761. The adult wingspan is 52–65 millimetres (2.0–2.6 in), and they fly from July to September, depending on the location. They tend to fly close to hemp-agrimony, Eupatorium cannabinum. In most of their range, the aposematic adults have red underwings. In the northwest part of their range, the adults are polymorphic for underwing colour, being variously red, orange, or yellow.
The larvae (caterpillars) are polyphagous, feeding from September to May…

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

## Photo

![Jersey Tiger](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/jersey-tiger/medium.jpg)

Photo: Patrick Le Mao · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233546398

## Machine access

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