---
title: "Naaldboombeertje"
description: "Eilema depressa — Insecten en spinnen. Katha depressa, the buff footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae found in Asia and Europe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/buff-footman
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Naaldboombeertje

> Eilema depressa — Insecten en spinnen. Katha depressa, the buff footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae found in Asia and Europe.

- Scientific name: *Eilema depressa*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8150
- Wikidata: [Q218268](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218268)
- iNaturalist taxon: [125266](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125266)

## Names

- en: Buff Footman
- de: Nadelwald-Flechtenbärchen
- fr: Lithosie ocre
- nl: Naaldboombeertje

## Countries with the most observations

DE (1040), AT (963), PT (671), GB (640), FR (486), ES (484), CH (357), IT (246), RU (203), FI (142), HU (129), DK (97)

## Summary

Katha depressa, the buff footman, is a moth of the family Erebidae found in Asia and Europe. It was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1787.

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

## Photo

![Naaldboombeertje](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/buff-footman/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cyril Poissonnet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/317381303

## Machine access

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