---
title: "Fox Moth"
description: "Macrothylacia rubi — Insetti e ragni. Macrothylacia rubi, the fox moth, is a lepidopteran belonging to the family Lasiocampidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/fox-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fox Moth

> Macrothylacia rubi — Insetti e ragni. Macrothylacia rubi, the fox moth, is a lepidopteran belonging to the family Lasiocampidae.

- Scientific name: *Macrothylacia rubi*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 37801
- Wikidata: [Q926409](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q926409)
- iNaturalist taxon: [127506](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127506)

## Names

- en: Fox Moth
- de: Brombeerspinner
- es: Polilla de la zarzamora
- fr: Bombyx de la ronce
- nl: Veelvraat
- pl: Barczatka malinówka

## Countries with the most observations

FR (5175), GB (4768), DE (4101), DK (3179), RU (2187), ES (2040), IT (1987), FI (1873), CZ (1425), AT (1394), PL (1032), SE (1022)

## Summary

Macrothylacia rubi, the fox moth, is a lepidopteran belonging to the family Lasiocampidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Harukano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/284870750

## Machine access

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