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title: "Small Quaker"
description: "Orthosia cruda — Insects & spiders. Orthosia cruda, the small Quaker, is a moth of the family Noctuidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/small-quaker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Small Quaker

> Orthosia cruda — Insects & spiders. Orthosia cruda, the small Quaker, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

- Scientific name: *Orthosia cruda*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8706
- Wikidata: [Q1303252](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1303252)
- iNaturalist taxon: [244709](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244709)

## Names

- en: Small Quaker
- de: Kleine Kätzcheneule
- es: Orthosia (Monima) cruda
- fr: Orthosie farineuse
- it: Orthosia (Monima) cruda
- nl: Kleine voorjaarsuil

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2005), DE (1499), FR (1004), SE (333), CH (325), ES (319), AT (286), DK (234), RU (213), IT (210), HU (178), NL (162)

## Summary

Orthosia cruda, the small Quaker, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Turkey, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan, Israel, Lebanon, Cyprus and Jordan.

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

## Photo

![Small Quaker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-quaker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paul Round · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109371889

## Machine access

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