---
title: "Gata peluda norteamericana"
description: "Spilosoma virginica — Insectos y arañas. Spilosoma virginica is a species of moth in the subfamily Arctiinae occurring in the United States and southern Canada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/virginian-tiger-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gata peluda norteamericana

> Spilosoma virginica — Insectos y arañas. Spilosoma virginica is a species of moth in the subfamily Arctiinae occurring in the United States and southern Canada.

- Scientific name: *Spilosoma virginica*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 75863
- Wikidata: [Q7577334](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7577334)
- iNaturalist taxon: [60839](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/60839)

## Names

- en: Virginian Tiger Moth
- es: Gata peluda norteamericana
- fr: Diacrisie de Virginie

## Countries with the most observations

US (36986), CA (14584), AR (64), MX (61), PM (27)

## Summary

Spilosoma virginica is a species of moth in the subfamily Arctiinae occurring in the United States and southern Canada. As a caterpillar, it is known as the yellow woolly bear or yellow bear caterpillar.  As an adult, it is known as the Virginian tiger moth.

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

## Photo

![Gata peluda norteamericana](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/virginian-tiger-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/373762679

## Machine access

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