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title: "Tree-lichen Beauty"
description: "Cryphia algae — Insects & spiders. Cryphia algae, the tree-lichen beauty, is a moth of the family Noctuidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/tree-lichen-beauty
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tree-lichen Beauty

> Cryphia algae — Insects & spiders. Cryphia algae, the tree-lichen beauty, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

- Scientific name: *Cryphia algae*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8821
- Wikidata: [Q1064278](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1064278)
- iNaturalist taxon: [342903](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/342903)

## Names

- en: Tree-lichen Beauty
- de: Dunkelgrüne Flechteneule
- fr: Bryophile vert-mousse
- nl: Donkergroene korstmosuil
- pl: Porostnica glonówka

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1035), FR (964), GB (853), AT (687), HU (521), CH (504), ES (426), IT (152), UA (145), NL (131), BG (104), PL (102)

## Summary

Cryphia algae, the tree-lichen beauty, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in Mediterranean parts of Europe and the Near East.

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

## Photo

![Tree-lichen Beauty](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tree-lichen-beauty/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56591954

## Machine access

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