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title: "Nine-spotted Moth"
description: "Amata phegea — Insectos y arañas. The nine-spotted moth or yellow belted burnet (Amata phegea, formerly Syntomis phegea) is a moth in the family Erebidae (\"tiger moths\")."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/nine-spotted-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Nine-spotted Moth

> Amata phegea — Insectos y arañas. The nine-spotted moth or yellow belted burnet (Amata phegea, formerly Syntomis phegea) is a moth in the family Erebidae ("tiger moths").

- Scientific name: *Amata phegea*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 21045
- Wikidata: [Q1755105](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1755105)
- iNaturalist taxon: [57489](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/57489)

## Names

- en: Nine-spotted Moth
- de: Weißfleckwidderchen
- fr: Sphinx du pissenlit
- nl: Phegeavlinder
- pl: Oblaczek granatek

## Countries with the most observations

IT (4200), AT (3540), CZ (1570), HU (982), UA (792), PL (555), DE (505), RO (497), HR (479), CH (417), SI (355), BG (312)

## Summary

The nine-spotted moth or yellow belted burnet (Amata phegea, formerly Syntomis phegea) is a moth in the family Erebidae ("tiger moths"). The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

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

## Photo

![Nine-spotted Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/nine-spotted-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Uilleam Uir · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/87724231

## Machine access

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