---
title: "Orthosia (Orthosia) incerta"
description: "Orthosia incerta — Insetti e ragni. Orthosia incerta, the clouded drab, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae, found in Europe and Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/clouded-drab
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Orthosia (Orthosia) incerta

> Orthosia incerta — Insetti e ragni. Orthosia incerta, the clouded drab, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae, found in Europe and Asia.

- Scientific name: *Orthosia incerta*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11225
- Wikidata: [Q1303766](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1303766)
- iNaturalist taxon: [244656](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244656)

## Names

- en: Clouded Drab
- de: Variable Kätzcheneule
- es: Orthosia (Orthosia) incerta
- fr: Orthosie variable
- it: Orthosia (Orthosia) incerta
- nl: Variabele voorjaarsuil

## Countries with the most observations

GB (2887), DE (1929), RU (878), FR (773), CH (546), ES (456), AT (417), DK (332), HU (279), PL (245), FI (211), UA (210)

## Summary

Orthosia incerta, the clouded drab, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae, found in Europe and Asia. The occurrence of the species extends through all European countries through the Palearctic to the Russian Far East and Japan. It is absent from northern Fennoscandia and in the Alps it occurs up to 2000 m above sea level.

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

## Photo

![Orthosia (Orthosia) incerta](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/clouded-drab/medium.jpg)

Photo: renshuchu · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218327736

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/clouded-drab?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).