---
title: "Haarbos"
description: "Ochropleura plecta — Insecten en spinnen. The flame shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) is a moth of the family Noctuidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/flame-shoulder-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Haarbos

> Ochropleura plecta — Insecten en spinnen. The flame shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

- Scientific name: *Ochropleura plecta*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 18359
- Wikidata: [Q1603074](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1603074)
- iNaturalist taxon: [324010](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/324010)

## Names

- en: Flame Shoulder Moth
- de: Hellrandige Erdeule
- fr: Cordon blanc
- nl: Haarbos

## Countries with the most observations

GB (5506), DE (2229), AT (1426), ES (1299), FR (1252), PT (729), DK (691), CH (686), NL (452), SE (296), BE (267), RU (256)

## Summary

The flame shoulder (Ochropleura plecta) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is distributed throughout the Palearctic from Ireland in the west to Siberia then Korea and Japan in the east.
The forewings of this species are reddish brown with a black streak interrupted by white stigmata and a creamy-yellow streak along the costa which gives the species its common name. The hindwings are pure white.

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

## Photo

![Haarbos](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/flame-shoulder-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen James McWilliam · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64286977

## Machine access

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