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title: "Herald Moth"
description: "Scoliopteryx libatrix — Insetti e ragni. The herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix) is a moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/herald-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Herald Moth

> Scoliopteryx libatrix — Insetti e ragni. The herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix) is a moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Scoliopteryx libatrix*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 15211
- Wikidata: [Q139954](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139954)
- iNaturalist taxon: [134078](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/134078)

## Names

- en: Herald Moth
- de: Zackeneule
- fr: Découpure
- nl: Roesje
- pl: Szczerbówka ksieni

## Countries with the most observations

US (2612), GB (1736), CA (1513), RU (1407), DE (983), FR (778), DK (771), AT (439), FI (433), PL (420), IT (272), NL (260)

## Summary

The herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix) is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is found throughout the Palearctic and Nearctic (Holarctic).

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/113007198

## Machine access

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