---
title: "Small Magpie"
description: "Anania hortulata — Insetti e ragni. Anania hortulata, also known as the small magpie, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae found in Asia, Europe and North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/small-magpie
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Small Magpie

> Anania hortulata — Insetti e ragni. Anania hortulata, also known as the small magpie, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae found in Asia, Europe and North America.

- Scientific name: *Anania hortulata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 17424
- Wikidata: [Q909453](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q909453)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55638](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55638)

## Names

- en: Small Magpie
- de: Schwarzweißer Nesselzünsler
- fr: Pyrale de l'ortie
- nl: Brandnetelmot
- pl: Przezierka pokrzywianka

## Countries with the most observations

GB (4327), CA (1975), DE (1835), US (1037), FR (879), AT (845), DK (843), RU (830), PL (459), BE (420), FI (384), NL (359)

## Summary

Anania hortulata, also known as the small magpie, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae found in Asia, Europe and North America. It was described, in 1758, by the 18th-century Swedish taxonomist, botanist, and zoologist, Carl Linnaeus.

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

## Photo

![Small Magpie](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-magpie/medium.jpg)

Photo: Christian Kahle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50284712

## Machine access

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