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title: "Harnessed Tiger Moth"
description: "Apantesis phalerata — Insectos y arañas. Apantesis phalerata, commonly known as the harnessed tiger moth, is a species of moth within the Erebidae family, first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/harnessed-tiger-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Harnessed Tiger Moth

> Apantesis phalerata — Insectos y arañas. Apantesis phalerata, commonly known as the harnessed tiger moth, is a species of moth within the Erebidae family, first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841.

- Scientific name: *Apantesis phalerata*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 14170
- Wikidata: [Q4779110](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4779110)
- iNaturalist taxon: [135318](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/135318)

## Names

- en: Harnessed Tiger Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (4093), CA (690), MX (26)

## Summary

Apantesis phalerata, commonly known as the harnessed tiger moth, is a species of moth within the Erebidae family, first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Dan Rigby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/17224529

## Machine access

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