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title: "Delicate Cycnia Moth"
description: "Cycnia tenera — Insekten & Spinnen. Cycnia tenera, the dogbane tiger moth or delicate cycnia, is a moth in the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/delicate-cycnia-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Delicate Cycnia Moth

> Cycnia tenera — Insekten & Spinnen. Cycnia tenera, the dogbane tiger moth or delicate cycnia, is a moth in the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Cycnia tenera*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 15792
- Wikidata: [Q1758809](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1758809)
- iNaturalist taxon: [143043](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/143043)

## Names

- en: Delicate Cycnia Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (11566), CA (1600)

## Summary

Cycnia tenera, the dogbane tiger moth or delicate cycnia, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It occurs throughout North America, from southern British Columbia to Nova Scotia southwards to Arizona and Florida. The species is distasteful and there is evidence that it emits aposematic ultrasound signals; these may also jam bat echolocation, as the functions are not mutually exclusive.

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

## Photo

![Delicate Cycnia Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/delicate-cycnia-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126069610

## Machine access

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