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title: "Proporzyca marzymłódka"
description: "Tyria jacobaeae — Owady i pająki. The cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) is a brightly coloured Arctiinae moth found as a native species in Europe and western and central Asia then east across the Palearctic to Siberia to China."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/cinnabar-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Proporzyca marzymłódka

> Tyria jacobaeae — Owady i pająki. The cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) is a brightly coloured Arctiinae moth found as a native species in Europe and western and central Asia then east across the Palearctic to Siberia to China.

- Scientific name: *Tyria jacobaeae*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 44580
- Wikidata: [Q769234](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q769234)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51781](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51781)

## Names

- en: Cinnabar moth
- de: Jakobskrautbär
- fr: Goutte de sang
- nl: Sint-jacobsvlinder
- pl: Proporzyca marzymłódka

## Countries with the most observations

GB (21514), US (4049), DE (2735), DK (2545), NL (2261), FR (1945), BE (1319), IE (1085), NZ (994), CA (906), RU (582), ES (527)

## Summary

The cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) is a brightly coloured Arctiinae moth found as a native species in Europe and western and central Asia then east across the Palearctic to Siberia to China. It has been introduced into New Zealand, Australia and North America to control ragwort, on which its larvae feed. The moth is named after the red mineral cinnabar because of the red patches on its predominantly black wings. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Cinnabar moths are about 20 mm (0.79 in) long and have a wingspan of 32–42 mm (1.3–1.7 in).
Cinnabar moths are…

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

## Photo

![Proporzyca marzymłódka](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cinnabar-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carey_Knox_Southern_Scales · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144450329

## Machine access

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