---
title: "Large Tabby"
description: "Aglossa pinguinalis — Insectos y arañas. Aglossa pinguinalis, the large tabby or grease moth, is a moth in the subfamily Pyralinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/large-tabby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Large Tabby

> Aglossa pinguinalis — Insectos y arañas. Aglossa pinguinalis, the large tabby or grease moth, is a moth in the subfamily Pyralinae.

- Scientific name: *Aglossa pinguinalis*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8655
- Wikidata: [Q1409334](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1409334)
- iNaturalist taxon: [212729](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/212729)

## Names

- en: Large Tabby
- de: Fettzünsler
- fr: Aglosse de la graisse
- nl: Vetmot
- pl: Zadarlica tłuszczówka

## Countries with the most observations

US (1134), CA (729), DE (573), RU (428), FR (385), GB (315), DK (280), AT (221), ES (200), IT (198), PL (145), FI (142)

## Summary

Aglossa pinguinalis, the large tabby or grease moth, is a moth in the subfamily Pyralinae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. The dark-hued larvae feed on animal fats.

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

## Photo

![Large Tabby](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/large-tabby/medium.jpg)

Photo: dougbrown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293730604

## Machine access

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