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title: "Silver-spotted Tiger Moth"
description: "Lophocampa argentata — Insekten & Spinnen. Lophocampa argentata, the silver-spotted tiger moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/silver-spotted-tiger-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Silver-spotted Tiger Moth

> Lophocampa argentata — Insekten & Spinnen. Lophocampa argentata, the silver-spotted tiger moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Lophocampa argentata*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 13232
- Wikidata: [Q6676351](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6676351)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84792](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84792)

## Names

- en: Silver-spotted Tiger Moth
- es: Polilla tigre de manchas plateadas

## Countries with the most observations

US (8146), CA (3615)

## Summary

Lophocampa argentata, the silver-spotted tiger moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Packard in 1864. It is found from British Columbia to southern California, and east to Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and possibly to northern Mexico.

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

## Photo

![Silver-spotted Tiger Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/silver-spotted-tiger-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Michael Bunsen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/385540433

## Machine access

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