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title: "Dark-spotted Palthis Moth"
description: "Palthis angulalis — Insectes et araignées. Palthis angulalis, the dark-spotted palthis, is a moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/dark-spotted-palthis-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dark-spotted Palthis Moth

> Palthis angulalis — Insectes et araignées. Palthis angulalis, the dark-spotted palthis, is a moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Palthis angulalis*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forêt)
- iNaturalist observations: 17285
- Wikidata: [Q7128764](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7128764)
- iNaturalist taxon: [128242](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/128242)

## Names

- en: Dark-spotted Palthis Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (11782), CA (4039), MX (116), AR (3)

## Summary

Palthis angulalis, the dark-spotted palthis, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1796. It is found from Newfoundland west to coastal British Columbia, south to Florida and Texas.

The wingspan is 20–26 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in Alberta. There are two generations in much of the eastern part of its range, three or more generations from Missouri southward.
The larvae feed on various plants, including forbs, woody shrubs and trees (alder, aster, basswood, birch, chestnut, fir, sweetgale, goldenrod, ninebark, rhododendron, scrub oak and spruce).

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

## Photo

![Dark-spotted Palthis Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dark-spotted-palthis-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/320848467

## Machine access

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