---
title: "Hoary Footman"
description: "Eilema caniola — Insetti e ragni. Eilema caniola, the hoary footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/hoary-footman
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hoary Footman

> Eilema caniola — Insetti e ragni. Eilema caniola, the hoary footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Eilema caniola*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11164
- Wikidata: [Q217705](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217705)
- iNaturalist taxon: [424241](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/424241)

## Names

- en: Hoary Footman
- de: Weißgraues Flechtenbärchen
- fr: Manteau pâle
- nl: Vaal kokerbeertje

## Countries with the most observations

ES (1262), PT (1215), FR (772), IT (309), DE (285), CH (279), BG (240), AT (99), GR (90), GB (75), HU (70), NL (65)

## Summary

Eilema caniola, the hoary footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1808.

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

## Photo

![Hoary Footman](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hoary-footman/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28607033

## Machine access

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