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title: "Sorcière Noire"
description: "Ascalapha odorata — Insectes et araignées. The erebid moth Ascalapha odorata, commonly known as the black witch, is a large bat-shaped, dark-colored nocturnal moth, normally ranging from the southern United States to Brazil."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/black-witch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sorcière Noire

> Ascalapha odorata — Insectes et araignées. The erebid moth Ascalapha odorata, commonly known as the black witch, is a large bat-shaped, dark-colored nocturnal moth, normally ranging from the southern United States to Brazil.

- Scientific name: *Ascalapha odorata*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 36659
- Wikidata: [Q4803772](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4803772)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61503](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61503)

## Names

- en: Black Witch
- de: Schwarze Hexe
- es: Polilla Bruja
- fr: Sorcière Noire

## Countries with the most observations

US (11316), MX (9062), BR (4486), CO (2190), CR (1592), EC (974), AR (853), PA (591), HN (447), PR (289), VE (284), GT (269)

## Summary

The erebid moth Ascalapha odorata, commonly known as the black witch, is a large bat-shaped, dark-colored nocturnal moth, normally ranging from the southern United States to Brazil. Ascalapha odorata is also migratory into Canada and most states of the United States. It is the largest noctuoid in the continental United States. In the folklore of many Central and South American cultures, it is associated with death or misfortune.

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

## Photo

![Sorcière Noire](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-witch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liz F · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181490224

## Machine access

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