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title: "Painted Lichen Moth"
description: "Hypoprepia fucosa — Insetti e ragni. Hypoprepia fucosa, the painted lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/painted-lichen-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Painted Lichen Moth

> Hypoprepia fucosa — Insetti e ragni. Hypoprepia fucosa, the painted lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae.

- Scientific name: *Hypoprepia fucosa*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 26098
- Wikidata: [Q10660133](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10660133)
- iNaturalist taxon: [119953](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119953)

## Names

- en: Painted Lichen Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (16668), CA (7135)

## Summary

Hypoprepia fucosa, the painted lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1831. It is found in the United States and southern Canada east of the Rocky Mountains.
The wingspan is 25–35 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in the north and  possibly most of the year in Florida.
The larvae feed on lichen, algae and moss on trees.

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

## Photo

![Painted Lichen Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/painted-lichen-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ken Kneidel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93538345

## Machine access

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