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title: "Speckled Renia Moth"
description: "Renia adspergillus — Insects & spiders. Renia adspergillus, the gray renia or speckled renia moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/speckled-renia-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Speckled Renia Moth

> Renia adspergillus — Insects & spiders. Renia adspergillus, the gray renia or speckled renia moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Renia adspergillus*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10931
- Wikidata: [Q7313223](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7313223)
- iNaturalist taxon: [126992](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126992)

## Names

- en: Speckled Renia Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (2049), CA (299)

## Summary

Renia adspergillus, the gray renia or speckled renia moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1800. It is found in North America from Michigan to Quebec and south to Louisiana and Florida.
The wingspan is about 25 mm. There are multiple generations in the southeast.
Larvae feed beneath a web of silk.

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

## Photo

![Speckled Renia Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/speckled-renia-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Samuel Paul Galick · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236763565

## Machine access

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