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title: "Ambiguous Moth"
description: "Lascoria ambigualis — Insectes et araignées. Lascoria ambigualis, the ambiguous moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/ambiguous-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ambiguous Moth

> Lascoria ambigualis — Insectes et araignées. Lascoria ambigualis, the ambiguous moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Lascoria ambigualis*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11687
- Wikidata: [Q6492889](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6492889)
- iNaturalist taxon: [146750](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/146750)

## Names

- en: Ambiguous Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (7987), CA (1888), MX (19), AR (4)

## Summary

Lascoria ambigualis, the ambiguous moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1866. Adults are on wing from April to September. There are two generations in Connecticut and multiple broods in Missouri.

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

## Photo

![Ambiguous Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ambiguous-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jack Gelinas · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375848304

## Machine access

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