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title: "Four-spotted Moth"
description: "Tyta luctuosa — Insetti e ragni. Tyta is a genus of noctuid ('owlet') moths that was erected by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/four-spotted-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Four-spotted Moth

> Tyta luctuosa — Insetti e ragni. Tyta is a genus of noctuid ('owlet') moths that was erected by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820.

- Scientific name: *Tyta luctuosa*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 17832
- Wikidata: [Q341886](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q341886)
- iNaturalist taxon: [335065](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/335065)

## Names

- en: Four-spotted Moth
- de: Ackerwinden-Trauereule
- es: Polilla de las cuatro manchas
- fr: Noctuelle en deuil
- nl: Akkerwinde-uil

## Countries with the most observations

FR (3088), US (2914), ES (1402), IT (1399), AT (1361), RU (1069), PT (1019), HU (787), DE (709), BG (624), UA (536), HR (304)

## Summary

Tyta is a genus of noctuid ('owlet') moths that was erected by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Tyta luctuosa, commonly known as four-spotted moth and field bindweed moth. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.
This moth is native to much of the Palearctic – most of Europe east to the Caucasus, Kazakhstan and from Siberia to China and south to North Africa. The adult moth is about eleven millimeters long and dark brown with one large white spot on each of its four wings.

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

## Photo

![Four-spotted Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/four-spotted-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua Smith · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134213401

## Machine access

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